Grievance Politics

[Colibri]

Here’s a GD thread on “resentment politics”

Resentment Politics

I believe resentment is a deeply underestimated force in society. I do not pretend to understand it but I have noticed how much it drives so many otherwise unexplainable decisions. On a personal level, I have as exhibit A, my younger sister, who has been nursing a grudge against most members of her immediate family since childhood. We were close for many years, until my aunt died and left a complex and difficult will, which finally gave her the opportunity to really hurt my oldest sister financ…