@mcjulie (Marlantes talks about how many pilots describe a sense of euphoria during bombing raids, for example. People who don’t normally feel this way, I mean… and who struggle to reintegrate and cope afterward. But in the moment? They find pleasure in it, reportedly.) @mcjulie To be clear, he describes our capacity for sadistic pleasure as an obviously dangerous thing people need to admit, be conscious of, and learn to control or rein in. He just notes that for soldiers in a war zone, it seems to serve a coping purpose. (The evolution stuff is mine.)