Slave morality fosters resentment and envy from "summary" of The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Horace Barnett Samuel
Slave morality, as I have observed, is a product of the weak and oppressed who seek to turn their powerlessness into a virtue. This morality thrives on resentment and envy towards those who possess strength and power. The slaves, feeling inferior and lacking in their own abilities, resent those who they perceive as having power over them. They envy the strength and success of the masters, leading them to develop a sense of moral superiority over their oppressors. The slaves, in their resentment and envy, construct a moral framework that condemns the very qualities that they lack. They denounce the masters' strength as evil, labeling it as aggression and exploitation. They preach humility, meekness, and submission as virtues, exalting the meek and humble as the true bearers of morality. By doing so, they seek to undermine the power and authority of ...
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