NancyLebovitz comments on Open thread, September 9-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion
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You lower people's status by hurting them, especially by hurting them and getting away with it. I think people show evidence of pleasure in doing so.
After all, if there's a lot of a behavior, it's likely to either cause pleasure or relieve pain.