I guess it is done out of desperation born of perceived (often real) powerlessness? Not much different from anorexia. Taking control of something, anything - all that's left is often one's own body - and if possible using it (abusing it) to make the powerful feel really bad. But of course, as you point out, the powerful never ever feel bad at all. They think they are in the right and that the plebs are all stupid and deserve to starve in whatever way they choose. Things will only really change when people realise they actually are powerful but have just been kidded into thinking they aren't by outsourcing their authority to complete numpties.
I guess it is done out of desperation born of perceived (often real) powerlessness? Not much different from anorexia. Taking control of something, anything - all that's left is often one's own body - and if possible using it (abusing it) to make the powerful feel really bad. But of course, as you point out, the powerful never ever feel bad at all. They think they are in the right and that the plebs are all stupid and deserve to starve in whatever way they choose. Things will only really change when people realise they actually are powerful but have just been kidded into thinking they aren't by outsourcing their authority to complete numpties.