masochist- A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.

Yup, describes me. I would think it describes us all. Think about it, you and I are one of billions on a rock orbiting a Star engaged in a war with one another for absolutely no good reason. We fight over borders, compete individually, and starve each other out. The reason why world peace fails to exist is because no one, including you, is peaceful. This is because we take pleasure in this unpleasant and call it civilization. The minds, bodies, and souls of the mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons of Earth have failed to realize the reality we share and the need to exercise our good will in the here and now to correct. Only then would we mature into the decent beings whom would notice borders, currencies, and trademarks for the insults they truly are and not give them the trust and faith we instead should be providing to each other.