I would push back against phrasing the mindset as:
“I want things to be worse for someone else than they are for me.”
When that is just a manifestation of one of several mindsets such as
"I’m better ~smarter, stronger, faster, more evolved, less emotional, better looking, more educated, stronger morals, etc.~ than them. Why should they have it better than me?
“My life has gone bad because of their actions”
Etc.
It’s an important distinction because nobody rationalizes their own decisions or reasoning in such an irrational way and phrasing it as such limits the opportunity for self reflection.
It also allows for conflating very real blame assignment IE “people are dying on the street because the ultra-wealthy are treating shelter like trading cards” with “you just hate rich people because you think you’re better than them, that’s just another form of discrimination”.
I would push back against phrasing the mindset as:
When that is just a manifestation of one of several mindsets such as
It’s an important distinction because nobody rationalizes their own decisions or reasoning in such an irrational way and phrasing it as such limits the opportunity for self reflection.
It also allows for conflating very real blame assignment IE “people are dying on the street because the ultra-wealthy are treating shelter like trading cards” with “you just hate rich people because you think you’re better than them, that’s just another form of discrimination”.