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Schadenfreude: The Hidden Fuel of Grievance and Bloodshed
Schadenfreude—raw, gnawing, primal—is the secret glee one takes in another's downfall. Harmless in its cocktail-party variety, but let it fester in grievance and rage, and it signals violence. The ticking mind of a would-be shooter, a radicalized …