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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time
I meant to say this to you yesterday but forgot. Re: ressentiment, Stephen Hicks gets into this in depth in his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (which I highly recommend).

Hicks, like Nietzsche, are crystal clear that, at its heart, postmodernism is nothing but destructive, deep-seated anger and resentment. It focuses on tearing down existing structures with no intention of positive rebuilding—destruction for its own sake. In a religion sense, it is the creation of hellishness for its own sake.

You are right to point out that there's a large element of that on this thread.

149 posted on 12/09/2025 1:43:08 AM PST by RoosterRedux (“Critical thinking is hard; that’s why most people just jump to conclusions.”—Jung (paraphrased))
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To: RoosterRedux

Thanks for the link.


208 posted on 01/09/2026 8:01:56 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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