"One of my favorite descriptions of resentment is from Tolstoy: “I sit on a man’s back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible … except by getting off his back.”

The poor fellow being choked and burdened here isn’t “utterly corrupted” by the “besetting sin” of resentment. He may have some thoughts about turning the tables, or someday receiving some reparation for what is unjustly being done to him. But mainly, overwhelmingly, his concern is simply getting this guy off his back."
#RuralResentment #WhiteRage
#RootsOfFascism
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2024/04/18/rural-white-magas-and-what-woke-c-s-lewis-got-wrong/