#JamesLindsay has another wild take on history. Remember when he said colonialism was about bringing the Enlightenment & liberal democracy to the Americas? Now he says the French Revolution—an uprising of do-nothing bourgeois—spawned critical theory.
https://twitter.com/Hwellton1/status/1310489278481391616?s=20
Perhaps relevant: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy summarizing Nietzsche, not on ressentiment in this case, but on vengeful outbursts. 
In case #JamesLindsay comments on how the statues of slave traders and confederates have an important role in preserving history (maybe he already has?), please remember this tweet. Is it possible to bend historical narrative any more in service of one’s present-day crusade?
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