Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

The internet has connected the world, but it has also unleashed a torrent of hostility.

The primary source of this hostility is the online hater.

Hidden behind a screen and protected by anonymity, these individuals mock and insult creators,

podcasters, online personalities, and those who express their opinion

on social media. While the medium of the internet is new, the psychology of the hater is not.

In this video, drawing on the ideas of the 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche,

we show that the hostility emanating from the online hater is a symptom of powerlessness and weakness.

The evil of the weak wants to harm others and to see the signs of the suffering it has caused, wrote Nietzsche and the dawn.

To understand the psychology of the hater, we must first explore how the desire for power is a primary motivator of man.

In On the Genealogy of Morality, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote,

Every animal, including the philosophical animal,

instinctively strives for an optimum of favorable conditions

under which it can expend all its power and achieve its maximal feeling of power.

The desire for power, which Nietzsche

regarded as universal, is often misunderstood. Many think of it as a desire to dominate and control

other people, and while some pursue power in this form, fundamentally it is the desire to maximize

our potency, that is, to overcome limitations and obstacles and move towards

our goals. What is happiness? asked Nietzsche, the feeling that power increases, that a

resistance is overcome. The healthy way to obtain feelings of power is to engage in creative

activity, cultivate excellence in a skiller field, and continually try to overcome our bodily and

psychological limitations. The individual who cultivates power in this manner is naturally kind and

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