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@JustinHowe Oh, absolutely—I'm not too sympathetic either! I'm just saying, when one chooses to submit to it, one also chooses the risk of going secretly bananas and then erupting at some point over nothing. True anywhere, of course.
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@JustinHowe This reminds me of how someone very astutely observed that probably, for powerful hardcore politicians, asserting power over, say, women's bodies, or vulnerable minorities, pushes a similar button in the brain to someone with a sadism kink...
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@JustinHowe but on a grander scale. So would it be crazy to suggest there may be a corresponding masochism button in the brain for people willingly self-immiserating in the way you describe? Or... maybe not. I dunno. Yeah, Discord.