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12205731 No.12205731 [Reply] [Original]

Does the impulse toward revenge - even petty vengeance that does no lasting harm to the target - have any evolutionary basis? Why are humans satisfied by taking "justice" for past wrongdoings invisibly, merely discomforting the target rather than killing them or preventing them from reproducing?

>> No.12205745

Tell us your story, OP, and we will help you.

>> No.12205748

>>12205731
People that allow sleights against them to go unpunished are more easily pushed to the bottom of the dominance hierarchy.

>> No.12205751

>>12205745
they raped me

>> No.12207827

>>12205751

How are you going to get back at your dad?

>> No.12207861

>>12205731
Tit for tat is the best strategy.

>> No.12208151

>>12205731
>Does the impulse toward revenge - even petty vengeance that does no lasting harm to the target - have any evolutionary basis?
It's cope for small people. Instead of getting over something and doing something useful, they plot and act out revenge.
If it's about a real danger, then it's a way to save society from distress. This is very rarely the case though.