I understand this question is examined in Jon Ronson's recent book So You've Been Publicly Shamed[1] I haven't read it but I've heard him discussing it on The

I understand this question is examined in Jon Ronson's recent book So You've Been Publicly Shamed[1] I haven't read it but I've heard him discussing it on The Nerdist[2] and The Joe Rogan Experience[3] podcasts, both of which were very entertaining and insightful. Though I never stooped to the level of harassing and shaming people, I did go through an angry white male libertarian stage, and having been through that I think the underlying motive for the asshole behaviour is something to do with entitlement and resentment. I.e., "I deserve better than this (more money/status/respect/sex etc), if the world's not gonna give me what I deserve, then at least I can make other people as miserable as I am". [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You%27ve_Been_Publicly_Shamed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You%27ve_Been_Publicly_Sham... [2] http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-jon-ronson/ http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-jon-ronson/ [3] http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1436227565?autostart=1 http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1436227565?autostart=1