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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Punching down gives the monkey brain that sweet squirt of dominance when you see the suffering of your subject. Punching up is unrewarding because you don't get results unless everyone else does it, and then you have to share the victory with everyone else.

Focusing your wrath where it belongs doesn't make the million year old monkey brain squirt the reward chemicals.