Oh, fuck. Just noticed a glaring omission from reinforcement theory in psychology. Y'know "negative reinforcement"? Of course you do.
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What I realized is that *seeing everybody else punished but you* is in all regards a form of negative reinforcement — a highly sought one.
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More fun: for it to function that way, you have to conceive of yourself as potentially susceptible to the punishment being performed.
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