Couldn't be Luigi, we were hanging out getting blazed in Canada. After a raucous good time I put him on the bus to Pennsylvania with a backpack full of funny prank stuff.
Love is antidote to hate, but that doesn't mean we should love people who abuse us.
Best I can do is try and remember what it's like to have the mindset of wanting everything for myself, and seeing others as competitors / resources to get what I want. That's the consciousness these people have, and it's something most of us recognize.
Yes the whole thing smacks of battered wife syndrome where the victim in the relationship is driven to violence as the only answer as they cannot escape so they take matters into their own hand because after many cycles of abuse getting worse and worse and no one in law enforcement providing any actual real help, she goes and shoots the abusive husband. And that dialog is the type of cyclic romance honeymoon phase of what an abuser does to their victim.
I think your battered wife example is much worse than having as asshole ceo at work. Most people can change jobs, but there are people who can't leave relationships because of fear of death or losing their children.