Yes, absolutely. There are known incentive mechanisms behind the behavior which are neurobiological and neuroimmunobiological! This review paper from 2017 is

Yes, absolutely. There are known incentive mechanisms behind the behavior which are neurobiological and neuroimmunobiological! This review paper from 2017 is really quite something. Aggression, Social Stress, and the Immune System in Humans and Animal Models by Takahashi, Flanigan, McEwen & Russo — https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00056/full https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience... Stress begets inflammation. Inflammation is suffering. Subjugating others secretes antiinflammatory cytokines; “Winning” is relief. A stark and beautiful quote from the paper: “In animals with hierarchical societies, aggressive behavior is thought to help individuals gain and maintain higher social status (Box 2). It has been shown that aggressive behavior, especially the experience of winning, has rewarding properties in animals and repeated aggressive experience may lead to compulsive, pathological aggression that is highly reinforcing (Fish et al., 2002; Falkner et al., 2016; Golden et al., 2016, 2017).”