There is a coin.
With Envy/Insecurity/Resentment on one side, the other being Schadenfreude.
Neuroimaging studies show a fascinating connection between Envy & Schadenfreude. Envy registers as activation in some of the limbic & cortical regions linked to pain perception.Whereas happiness at the misery of the person one is envious towards triggers the dopaminergic pathways
Studies show [Hidehiko Takahashi, Motoichiro Kato et al] that higher the activation of #Envy circuits in a person, the higher is the dopaminergic activity when the person one is envious of is "punished" or suffers misery, i.e., #Schadenfreude
Title of that paper : "When Your Gain Is My Pain and Your Pain Is My Gain:Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude"
Basically,higher ACC activation [Envy] predicted higher Ventral Striatum [Schadenfreude] activation.
Rhea caused them pain.And now they gloat over her arrest!
There is a reason why analysis of human behaviour by social science/humanities type is generally a lot of hot air with the occasional anecdotal reference as "evidence".
Because there is not much "science" in "social science". Just whimsical theories, opinions & psychobabble.
Those of you who want to understand this connection between Envy and Schadenfreude more, can also look into Prof Sapolsky's work and writings, among other freely available studies that can be easily accessed if one knows what one is looking for.
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