I mean most primatologists appear to have concluded that we seem to have an innate, biological sense of fairness, I just don't think it's an accurate characterization of appeals to that sense of fairness to call it "sadism"
The "strategy" we're programmed to take with enemies/threats is "rational" in the grand scheme of things, because it evolved out of what helped us survive against said threats But it wasn't set up by some moral authority presuming centralized power
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Our morality didn't come from a situation where there even was an overarching "we" or "us", some kind of authority who decides what's ultimately best for everyone That's something that evolved out of our society much more recently, and is arguably still mostly only an ideal
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When there's no universal "we" and "we" is just me and my small group of friends against a hostile universe, retribution makes *perfect* sense It's the basic way you keep threats at bay, it's game theory You teach people not to mess with you by making them pay if they do
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