Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) mentioned Ressentiment by Max Scheler 2 times

Most of the time, envy is most harmful to the person who envies. The philosopher Max Scheler called it "a self-poisoning of the mind." There's a Christian saying that "envy is the only sin that gives no pleasure." Because the other sins are fun, right? Greed, gluttony, lust, that's what I call a good time.

— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)

The goal of resentment politics is not to improve conditions. In fact, the resentful ideologue is full of contempt for any "morally compromised sellouts" who are trying to enact plausible reforms. They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly "critique" power. Because for them "critique" is a psychological defense against feeling impotent. Scheler described it this way. - [Max] It is peculiar to "ressentiment criticism" that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does not want to cure the evil: the evil is merely a pretext for the criticism.

— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)