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Ressentiment: why Nietzsche matters even if you never read him

Ressentiment: why Nietzsche matters even if you never read him

Are you trading the power to change for the pleasure of feeling sinned‑against?

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Jun 24, 2025
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A long time ago I found myself crouched behind a bush, sucking lukewarm beer through a hole in a can that I had just dropped on the sidewalk. I couldn’t afford to lose that beer, you see, since I saw it as my medicine. I had just finished selling plasma to be able to afford that beer, and they wouldn’t let me back in to ‘donate’ for another day or two, …

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