Supremacism
Assuming a position of superiority. Either in the form of a soft supremacism fueled by condescending compassion, or in the form of a hard supremacism fueled by straightforward hate and openly constructing the other as inferior. Both versions can easily trigger Entitled Supremacism. (In Swedish: supremacism)
Soft Supremacism
To indirectly construct a dichotomy of two categories of people as one being superior people and the other being inferior people, by constructing it as a matter of compassion or respect. Such as claiming that women shouldn't have to worry about getting involved in politics because men should take care of all such unpleasantries for them. The core of such “condescending compassion”1 is that it is indeed condescending. (In Swedish: mjuk supremacism)
Hard Supremacism
To openly construct a dichotomy of two categories of people as one being superior people and the other being inferior people. For example, claiming that being of a certain race or gender makes people in that category inherently more moral, more valuable or more capable of ruling society. Compare: Soft Supremacism. (In Swedish: hård supremacism)
Supremacism is a facet of categorism. Or two, depending on whether you count hard and soft supremacism separately.
Entitled Supremacism
People who have a supremacist view on a pair of categories typically view the supremacy of their preferred category as being natural. This can easily mislead them to interpreting equality as being a form of oppression. For example, a male supremacist may consider submission from random women to be his birthright - and may thus consider himself “oppressed” whenever a woman won't obey him or won't accept sexual harassment from him.
Interactions
Supremacism typically goes hand in and with Sacralization of the category, which further increases the risk of demonization of the opposite category as well as of any member (of the supposedly superior category) who won't fall in line.
It is likely to intersect with facets such as:
- Normalization: Constructing supremacism as being not supremacism but instead simply the natural order of things.
- Energy Drain: Feeling superior and thus entitled to other people's time and energy.
As well as with abstractions such as:
- Categorization by narrativism: A story about the superior protagonists versus all the straw losers who exist only to be bested by them.
Examples of applying this facet to a particular foci of categorism can include:
- Antisemitism: Creating a hard supremacism narrative where Jews are constructed as greedy and unclean little creatures for the good people to kill.
- Whorephobia: Creating a soft supremacism narrative where sex workers are constructed as pitiful and unclean little creatures for the good people to save (and who in return are required to feel grateful for being looked down upon and dismissed as broken).
