Authoritarian regimes tend to build power precisely that way - making it "feel a little good". They're hurting the people you don't like... at first. It's the w

Authoritarian regimes tend to build power precisely that way - making it "feel a little good". They're hurting the people you don't like... at first. It's the whole point of that "first they came for the Jews/commies/unions" poem. The "feels pretty bad" bit comes much later.