Obviously, there's something going on in this text that has produced this confusion, or we could think of it as a misreading.

显然，这文章中有些东西,让人产生疑惑，或者是我们可以将它视为是误解。

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It's also a misreading to say that people are, in general, sadistic.

还有一个错误的解释就是说，人普遍都是施虐者。

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