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Tragedy and Sadism part three

Tragedy: intact social order, fear, sadness, relief, greater social cohesion

Comedy: intact social order, laughter, relief, greater social cohesion

Horror: broken social order, fear (alleviated in the short term, aggravated in the long term), decreased social cohesion (I will note, too, that tragedies were meant to be watched by groups of rough peers; most modern media consumption is solo or in small groups).

Sadism: broken social order, broken personal order.  Can generate social cohesion only among those equally broken.