niceguyanon comments on Open Thread, December 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong
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Why is it fun to be bad? I've heard actors say its more fun playing the bad guy. Also, I find the thought of stealing millions of dollars and getting away with it, thrilling, but not very nice.
It may be that goal-orientation where there are no made-up rules is fun; as a good person there is need to follow some of the more stupid moral norms that made sense some puny two hundred years ago.
The more enemies you have the more impressive it is when you win. Villains automatically have society as an enemy.