• Saryn@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes.

    Whether they want to admit it or not, that was the whole point - spite and making the people that make you feel insecure suffer out of spite.

    It’s a form of social regression that people in the Balkans like to sum up by saying “It’s not important that I feel good. What’s important is that the other person suffers.”

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
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      Some people only feel ‘successful’ through their perceived ‘position’ in society.

      They want to believe they are above others.

      If you think like that, then pushing others down is a perfectly valid route to happiness - and far faster and easier than working on yourself would be.