Perhaps sadism come to be by our evolutionary need for dominance has been displaced in sexual / psychological form? Because we can not simply go out and kill, we need to repress these evolutionary traits we have had for some long. Because we have no way to express our evolved nature to hunt, kill and defend our dominance we have displaced our ancestors bloodlust in other ways, creating sadism and the love of watching other people squirm.
All animals and our ancestors used dominance to display courtship and mate to win the female over all other males. Perhaps because humans have progressed and do not need to defend themselves against lions,tigers and bears we still have our violence urges and because of this and not knowing what to do with it it forms into sadism. Because we do not and can not kill other tribes who are competition and establish dominance the way our ancestors did, we want to establish dominance upon others through laughing at their pain, sadness, and the need to see others hurt.
Although times have changed and we do not need to hunt and kill to protect ourselves and eat, the violence embedded into us is still there within us. Proven by looking at other animals, BDSM community and if no safe outlet, violent criminals. Because we have evolved to defend ourselves from other tribes and our territory against others, we have evolved with the goal of dominance and having power and control over others still deep within our soul. Because of change we do not have tribes or need to fight a bear so we must channel that power and control and dominance some other way
There is hope for our blood lust
The best way to release our inner evolutionary need for blood is boxing, MMA, BDSM, and if you eat meat - hunting. Hunting is beneficial to animal rights as well because it minimized the use of factory farming and the use of the deceased animal goes a lot further than simply food.
Although times have changed and we do not need to hunt and kill to protect ourselves and eat, the violence embedded into us is still there within us. Proven by looking at other animals, BDSM community and if no safe outlet, violent criminals. Because we have evolved to defend ourselves from other tribes and our territory against others, we have evolved with the goal of dominance and having power and control over others still deep within our soul. Because of change we do not have tribes or need to fight a bear so we must channel that power and control and dominance some other way
There is hope for our blood lust
The best way to release our inner evolutionary need for blood is boxing, MMA, BDSM, and if you eat meat - hunting. Hunting is beneficial to animal rights as well because it minimized the use of factory farming and the use of the deceased animal goes a lot further than simply food.