Violent revolt infects the oppressed with the oppressor’s own evil
Evidence
Thus, here is the oppressor oppressed in turn; and the men who do violence to him in their turn become masters, tyrants, and executioners: in revolting, the oppressed are metamorphosed into a blind force, a brutal fatality; the evil which divides the world is carried out in their own hearts. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 98
Categorization
- XREF: Chimes with the reader’s interest in the nihilist and passionate man types — revolt without a free end degenerates into brute facticity. Also resonates with Things Fall Apart’s tragic cycle of violence. — connects to: The oppressed’s hatred of life fuels recurring puritanical violence; Hedda’s cruelty enacts a protest against the good that has become bad; Excluded masses may revolt violently against acceleration society — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 850 (+2 more)