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"It would be instructive to refer here to Rousseau, who described the inversion of the libidinal investment from the object to the obstacle which prevent our access to the object. This is why egalitarianism itself should never be accepted at face value: the notion (and practice) of egalitarian justice, insofar as it is sustained by envy, relies on the inversion of the standard renunciation accomplished to benefit others: "I am ready to renounce it, so that others will (also) not (be able to ) have it!"
Far from being opposed to the spirit of sacrifice, Evil is thus the very spirit of sacrifice itself, ready to ignore one's own wellbeing -- if, through my sacrifice, I can deprive the Other of his 'jouissance'... And do we not encounter the same negative passion also in politically correct multicultural liberalism? Is its inquisitorial pursuit of the traces of racism and sexism in the details of personal behavior not in itself indicative of the passion of resentment? Fundamentalism's passion is a false one, while anemic liberal tolerance relies on a disavowed perverse passion. The distinction between fundamentalism and liberalism is sustained by a shared underlying feature: they are both permeated by the negative passion of resentment."
Zizek, p 333 _In Defnese of Lost Causes_ from the chapter, "Why Populism is Good Enough In Practice".
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