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Intrinsic sadism is a thing, and it's more common than you might think. Usually the same people also have empathy, though, and they're constantly working against each other. I can't really comment on what percentage of that group gives in to it, or what it's subjectively like.
This is exactly it. Hurting things, destroying things, these are pleasurable behaviours. Look at how young children play, how we have to teach them to be gentle with animals until they can develop enough empathy to be trusted.
Empathy is what counterbalances the pleasure of sadism. If you feel bad you hurt something, that's a pain that is much greater than the pleasure a normal person gains from sadism.
Some people, on purpose or by accident, have shitty empathy.
Yep. Kids are a great example, actually. They do what adults learn to hide. That being said, it's not universal either. You see tender kids that want to be friends with worms sometimes.