The human system automatically feels pleasure at victory.
The concept of victory and overcoming – exists in a very wide array of forms.
When you preform an act of charity, you overcome the other person’s problem which you took into your realm of concern.
When you physically assault an enemy, you overcome the person [which is seen as a problem], which you took into your realm of concern.
Aliester Crowley was an example of a person defeating decency. He defeated his own humanity & morality, then felt victory.
Nihilism is a defeat of belief.
Pessamism is a defeat of hope.
Whatever the judgments of a man or woman are, as soon as they see something as a problem, they feel pleasure when they overcome or defeat that problem somehow. But what is defeated, other then the concern along with the target? Victory is a form of self-defeat.