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Jun 14, 2022·edited Jun 14, 2022

"Envypolitik" reminds me of a list of sources that all points out how the semi-educated who are stuck with an excess of wealth but an absence of aristocratic power naturally desires petit prestige. https://thinkinghistorically.substack.com/p/elite-overproduction-a-story-of-russia/comment/7119404

Question 1: what is the opposite of envy? Maybe those who has no prestige but strong power and authority? "the very online" vs "the middle middle"? https://alexdanco.com/2021/07/08/michael-dwight-and-andy-the-three-aesthetics-of-the-creative-class/

Question 2: Can this situation be related to second-order identities and behaviors e.g. Those who appease the envious and sully the jealous, self-objectifying in the process? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfeOaq6Tkm0

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