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The glorification of resentment — On the perverse political style and the fragility of democracy
Combating social inequality in the name of democratic ideals and principles of justice, large-scale emancipation movements and surges of immigration are recurring phenomena in the development of western societies. These processes have increased the opportunities for self-determination and self-fulfillment for large numbers of people. They also produce resentment among those who do not receive what they believe they are entitled to and among those who lose long-standing privileges of power and corresponding behavioral opportunities and identities.