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Schadenfreude

Post American Schadenfreude: The End of the USA As We Know It?

Cultures have long understood man’s very real capacity for taking pleasure in another’s misfortune. The Greeks described epichairekakia (epi, over, chairo, rejoice, kakia, disgrace). The Romans spoke of malevolentia.  In Mandarin there is xìng‑zāi‑lè‑huò.  But the most vivid and visceral term is German’s...