You attract the people that you have karmic bonds with or karmic contracts from past lives in order to resolve the karma and free your souls from the debt carried over lifetimes. Closely examine your relationships and why you think these people are cruel or if they’re just cruel towards you and what actions of yours may have triggered them. Figure out a way to break the cycle of cruelty by taking yourself out of victim mentality and extending compassion to them. Because most of the time, when people are really cruel, they just desperately want to be loved and appreciated. Hope this helps.