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[–]QueenBread 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Some people have that exhibitionist tendency and get off on being socially transgressive

It's not that. Being socially transgressive can be good.

These perverts aren't socially transgressive. They're bad people and so they decided the only way they can excel at something is at being the worst.

And our society is relishing in it, celebrating people who are first in line on the race to the bottom. Meanwhile, scientists or professors get ignored.

Our society celebrates the worst of the worst because therefore the public thinks "hey, my life sucks but at least I am better than this guy!". If our society celebrated genius scientists or talented artists or such, the masses would become even more restless.

It's the same reason that the dumber a politician acts, the more the public likes them.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Social transgression can be a good strategy if there is some end goal. I think for some of these people the transgression is the goal since they get off on people being mad at them