Humiliated people attempt to restore their pride and dignity by berating and eradicating their oppressors. “When a humiliated mind is left to reflect on its own destruction,” writes Dr. Evelin Lindner, “it may become convinced that it must inflict even greater pain on the perpetrator. So begins a vicious cycle of violation and vindication that both sides believe they are obligated to pursue…. Neither side can break free because being the first to back down would be a further humiliation, so they remain trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of mayhem and murder.”
