Resentment
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If social services are cut too far while instability is on the rise, popular
resentment
could lead to waves of protectionism, especially if (or when) the current boom is followed by a bust of some severity.
Throughout Latin America, Cold War-era
resentment
of America is likely to ease, and its standing may improve in countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and especially Venezuela, which has been a Cuban ideological satellite and the Castro regime’s major economic lifeline.
At a time of growing
resentment
toward its increasing international influence, China’s ability to promote its development model is being severely undermined.
Instead, he launched a series of reforms that stoked the
resentment
of the masses.
Their reaction to Putin’s plan – from the announcement last September that President Dmitri Medvedev would stand aside for his mentor, to the deeply flawed parliamentary and presidential elections – and their accumulated
resentment
of Kremlin cronies’ massive enrichment, has placed pressure on Putin and the top-down system of government that he created.
Populism everywhere is driven by fear and resentment: fear of being powerless, without status or privilege, and
resentment
of those – educated liberal elites, foreigners who supposedly take our jobs, and Muslims, Jews, blacks, or illegal immigrants – who seem to enjoy undeserved benefits.
It places strains on each country’s institutions (seen in the pressure on Europe’s welfare states), breeds
resentment
against foreigners (witness the recent success of anti-immigration parties), and renders financial crises originating from abroad both likelier and costlier (as the current situation makes all too clear).
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s reluctant rejection of the materialistic American life – even after the bombing, he continued to tweet, attend campus parties, and go to the gym – appears to have been consolidated by what indeed could have been his older brother’s
resentment
of Putin’s brutal reassertion of control in the North Caucasus.
Ask most Catalans what independence will bring, aside from freedom from Spain, and you won’t get much of an answer:
resentment
at past wrongs overshadows any serious calculations about the future.
Though Japan today bears no resemblance to the militarist regime of World War II, its willful historical amnesia continues to fuel
resentment
elsewhere in Asia, particularly China and Korea.
Indeed, inaction in Iraq will not only postpone the inevitable reckoning with the past; it may prolong the past, as unfulfilled demands for justice fuel frustration, resentment, and support for extremist leaders and authoritarian solutions.
Yet, they are authoritatively imposed as a condition sine qua non for new candidate states feeding frustration and potential
resentment
in Central Europe in a process where the ends seem to have been confused with the means.
In all of these cases, economic failure and a lack of opportunities and hope for the poor and young are fueling political and religious extremism,
resentment
of the West and, in some cases, outright terrorism.
If Xi’s fight against corruption is genuine, it will engender fear and
resentment
among the Chinese bureaucracy.
Belgian colonialists favored Tutsis, leading to Hutu rejection of them as alien interlopers;Sinhalese
resentment
of Tamil privileges in colonial-era Sri Lanka prompted the discriminatory policies after Independence that fueled the Tamil revolt.
But they do reflect the agenda of those seeking to fan Buddhist
resentment
in order to thwart Myanmar’s democratic transition.
In the 1920's and 1930's, the Belgian authorities enacted policies that defined the population along ethnic lines and favored the Tutsi in a deliberate - and successful - effort to divide society and fan
resentment
among Hutu leaders.
Perhaps more important, they have proved more salient targets of voters’ fear and
resentment.
After a strong showing by the anti-establishment, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats in the 2014 general election, center-right parties refused to cooperate with the party and tacitly sided with the left, fueling
resentment
among many voters.
It was a sacrifice, and was met with much
resentment
in German financial circles.
Still, the politics of
resentment
works best when it can tap into real fears.
But the popular
resentment
of Islam goes deeper and wider.
Conversely, if Bush cannot come up with enough Republican moderates in the US Senate – they are actually already there, probably -- and in the US House of Representatives, the letdown and
resentment
in Mexico (as well as everywhere in Central America, the Caribbean, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia) will be immense.
But the governments in Russia and China are guided by something much trickier to deal with: nationalism based on
resentment.
The problem with nationalism based on
resentment
is that it impedes diplomacy, which is based on give and take.
In a democracy like India’s, the politically well-connected benefit from skewed growth, thus increasing the
resentment
of those left behind.
The causes of their concern are clear enough: high unemployment and underemployment in advanced and emerging economies; inadequate skills and education for young people and workers to compete in a globalized world;
resentment
against corruption, including legalized forms like lobbying; and a sharp rise in income and wealth inequality in advanced and fast-growing emerging-market economies.
The dispute was hushed up, but the
resentment
lingered.
In the 1920’s, Germany ended up having to pay only a small fraction of its reparation bill, but the long time it took to get to that point prevented the full recovery of Europe, made Germany itself the most conspicuous victim of the Great Depression, and bred widespread resentment, with dire political consequences.
To be sure, nobody believes that many decades’ worth of mistrust and
resentment
can be overcome in an instant.
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