The disease of resentment and the violence of a consented blow.

"(...) For Max Scheler, resentment is a matter of 'psychological self-poisoning, which has well-defined causes and effects'; it consists of a psychological disposition that, through systematic repression, produces certain emotions and feelings, such as hatred and malice, jealousy and envy, anger and slander. Inherent to the human condition, when systematically repressed, they tend to cause a more or less permanent distortion of the sense of values ​​and the faculty of judgment."

In contrast to both hostility and friendship, the desire for revenge constitutes the most important source of resentment. When offended, the individual becomes resentful and seeks revenge, wanting to restore their self-worth. Failing to equal their offender, they feel powerless and therefore resentful. Envy, jealousy, and anger also cause resentment. Feeling displeased at not possessing what the other possesses, the individual strives to obtain what they desire. Failing in their efforts, they feel powerless and therefore resentful. In short, resentment always arises from a certain tendency to compare oneself with others...

Now, in a society like ours, which is organized precisely around competition, and this competition is all the greater the more indeterminate the field of comparison, everyone has the right to believe they are worth as much as anyone else, but they cannot possess the same value. And resentment spreads to the very extent that the leveling promoted by consumption deepens inequality.

Against resentful minds and their psychological, political, and social stances, one cannot debate much, especially in the dialogical discursive field in which the signifiers available to them are always tied to a kind of "self-poisoning," described above by the German philosopher Max Ferdinand Scheler (1874-1928), preventing them from slipping in their logical chains of nomadic thought that would allow for new meanings.

However, although it's like "beating a dead horse," it's necessary to repeat ad nauseam the story of the impeachment recently fabricated in Brazil against the President of the Republic, Dilma Rousseff. Therefore, far from intending to alter the course of thought of the so-called resentful Brazilians, especially after their fourth consecutive defeat at the democratic polls, the intention here is merely a text devoid of any form of persuasion or provocation, as everything is already so clear that perhaps reflective and well-elaborated arguments are no longer necessary. The conspirators themselves have already handed over the operation of the coup, initially disguised as impeachment, leaving no doubt as to the violence unleashed, its causes and motivations.

The figure of the defeated candidate, theoretically representing (in theory because Mr. Aécio Neves has no commitment to anything, much less to his useful constituents, but only to his personal vanity and his imaginary phallus) the aspirations of a segment also defeated at the polls, began his vulgar little theater of spite and revenge immediately after the counting of the results of the 2014 presidential elections, igniting the anger of his unreflective accomplices.

Given this, it would be simple and natural for anger to arise, a feeling even understandable in the face of the resulting frustration. But the infamous acts and ignominy inflicted against the democratically elected President, her Party, and its main leader, former President Lula, have reached execrable levels never before seen in the history of this country. With the help of the corrupt sectors of the press and the interests of the economically wealthy class that lures the most insane minds, they unleashed one of the most sensational coups against Democracy and the Democratic Rule of Law, trampling the Law and using it based on delusional interpretations in an attempt to criminally frame the elected President.

Recently, as if the barely veiled subtlety of the vile coup attempt wasn't enough for the more attentive observers, we are now witnessing the artifices of the coup conspiracy revealing and outlining the coup through leaked audios demonstrating the filth of a mediocre, opportunistic, and perverse opposition.

There is no longer any doubt that perversion also exploited the most base feelings of a large segment of the population: resentment.

And what is most striking, and shocking to common sense and rationality, is that even with the temporary removal of the President, elected according to the law, the resentment seems endless, indicating that the associated blindness remains unchanged in most of these minds, used and alienated for the popular support of the coup d'état.

Despite television news, social media, and all national and international press demonstrating that this is a coup-like impeachment orchestrated by the most corrupt figures in our country, including with the acquiescence and participation of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), especially its chief coup-plotting militant, Gilmar Mendes, the frozen slogans like "Out with Dilma," "Out with Lula," and "The PT is corrupt" are still insanely attached and shouted only in images of these actors.

Attempting to combat the resentful and blind ignorance of many is truly a constant "mopping up water with a sieve." Against the resulting delirium, any rational arguments will be refuted, because pathological signifiers do not shift, making new meanings impossible.

However, for those who have achieved a certain humility and a modicum of lucidity, partially abstaining from the stereotypical, unhealthy discourse stemming from resentful childish feelings, the Fatherland and Democracy open their arms to them.

For the others, buried in their own vengeful destruction, history reserves a few dark pages closed in its indelible archive.

The coup is no longer sustainable in reality.

Notes:

*PECORARO, Rossano and ENGELMANN, Jaqueline (Organizers) – Contemporary Philosophy – Nihilism. Politics. Aesthetics, PUC Rio Publisher, 2008, p. 35;

45Cf. Scheler, Max. L'homme du ressentiment. Paris: Gallimard, 1970.