Unfortunately I have projected this inner bully onto others at times. Not aware of it at the times I was doing it, I can use negative sarcasm to attempt to belittle others. This is obviously something I am not proud of. All I can say is, this bully only bullies himself now which is at least progress.
On a larger scale, I can imagine countries like America, China and Russia bullying smaller countries. in this sense, it seems there is a natural law of the jungle that the big and/or strong bully the weak. If we apply the same rule to our inner selves, the bigger inner selves bully the smaller ones because they can. Sometimes the law of attraction as if the smaller one has a magnet “please bully me”.