After the election, ruling party leaders said they were surprised at the level of resentment some voters felt toward the government for its perceived arrogance.
Of course, organized vegetarianism has achieved little among mainstream carnivores beyond raising their level of resentment.
After Sept. 11, many Americans found themselves astonished at the level of resentment felt around the world against the United States.
From my own interactions with North Koreans it is obvious that the level of resentment towards the government and general cynicism is growing fast.
In many cases, newly converted zealots do not understand the level of resentment and fear that their new views will engender.
It's not a great strategy for someone from the outside to say, "Look, we really do care about you". The level of resentment is so high.
The strike also takes place against the backdrop of the new government white paper, Higher education: success as a knowledge economy, which, as Andrew McGettigan says, "seems … to express an astonishing level of resentment against the history and autonomy of the established sector".
The destruction of the tomb of the prophet Jonah was one of the first major atrocities against a historic site carried out by the Islamic State, and it "brought a new level of resentment," wrote Morris, one that the lack of electricity and water had not yet caused in the month after the Islamic State seized control of the city.
But the expulsion of tens of thousands of Christians from the city and the destruction a week ago of a highly prominent religious site — the tomb of the prophet Jonah, who, according to Islamic, Jewish and Christian scriptures, survived being swallowed by a whale — brought a new level of resentment.
It is difficult to understand the extent and level of resentment there is to diplomatic, economic and cultural American dependency among the general public, but any leader bold enough to call for "a foreign policy reset" was an obvious, and much-demanded opportunity for change.
