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Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
Fourth, we tend to see Schadenfreude as a form of respite—the failures of others appease our own envy and inadequacy, and give us a much-needed glimpse of superiority. It says as much about our own vulnerabilities as our attitudes to the behavior of others. And just as satire is only funny when it punches up, we are most comfortable s######ing at the failures of those more wealthy, attractive and talented than us. As the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the great theorists of this emotion, argued, Schadenfreude is “the revenge of the impotent.”
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And now plagiarizing. From remarkably poorly written sources. “One of the greatest theorists of this emotion”. BTW, your hero ultimately didn’t think one could act morally out of anything but self interest, and dismissed notions like acting from compassion. If you like nihilism (maybe taking the form of letting unvaccinated people just come and go as they want) then maybe.
There’s nothing evil about a little shadenfreude. It’s just natural.