There was always a censorious aspect to the IDW, in spite of their free speech rhetoric.

From the beginning, Peterson made the argument that while fascism had been excluded from the Overton window, Marxism & communism had not been. Was his goal to make fascism acceptable to talk about? No, in spite of what his left-wing critics sometime claim, that was *obviously* not his goal.

His goal, from the beginning, was to problematize Marxism to the point where it becomes equated to Nazi ideology.

Book IX of Beyond Good and Evil begins with a passage describing a parasitic vine.

This is one of the most important passages for comprehending the Nietzschean conception of nature. Many ignore it because it is uncomfortable. “Justice is merely the advantage of the strong”

In The Republic, the challenger to the Socratic view of the good life is Thrasymachus, a Sophist. His fundamental contention with Socrates is that living justly does not bring about a happier life.

Lots of misunderstanding about ressentiment.

Etymology: from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”)

Resentment = impulse is felt, NOT acted

Vicious cycle: frustrated feelings > impotence > more frustration > etc

🧵 When impulse is discharged into action, it can't turn to resentment.

Teutonic Germans structured their society around this, see: Gronbeck.

A slight MUST be avenged, or else one's honor is harmed.

It is actually the settling of a score that prevents resentment.