Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "Multiculturalism in Germany is a Disaster" video.
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The Internet has this to say about ressentiment :
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Ressentiment is a French word that means a deep-seated feeling of resentment, frustration, or hostility. It can also refer to a sense of powerlessness to express these feelings directly.
The concept of ressentiment was of particular interest to 19th-century thinkers, most notably Friedrich Nietzsche. However, Nietzsche did not invent the term, which was already in circulation in his lifetime.
Some say that ressentiment is an emotional mechanism that can help explain the psychological foundations of reactionary politics, right-wing populism, Islamic fundamentalism, and radicalism.
Some characteristics of ressentiment include:
A feeling of being a victim
- A reassessment of what was once desired or valued as something undesirable
- A reassessment of oneself from being inferior to being noble and superior
- Negative emotions of envy, shame, and anger
- Other-directed negative emotions of resentment, indignation, and hatred
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<- So, the Left labelled ressentiment as an affliction of the "right"!! (Although Nietzsche - who brought it into widespread use - described ressentiment as the afflition of victims and socialists !)
<- Consequently, we need to invent a new term for the Left's affliction: "Suicidal empahy", and "auto-psychopathology" seem more appropriate since they describe the consequence of Left ressentiment.
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