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Beyond Good and Evil prints an anti-egalitarian brief against democratic modern ideas

In 1886 Jenseits von Gut und Böse appeared with a sustained public attack on equality, parliamentary habits, and ‘modern ideas’. In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1886 Jenseits von Gut und Böse appeared with a sustained public attack on equality, parliamentary habits, and ‘modern ideas’.

Context

A critique of herd morality can be a philosophical gain on a method row.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

A European philosophical bestseller teaching rank against democracy is a resilience cost.

BGE is not the 1895 Antichrist volume.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactBeyond Good and Evil prints an anti-egalitarian brief against democratic modern ideas
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 4 August 1886 · verified

    A European philosophical bestseller teaching rank against democracy is a resilience cost.

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Beyond Good and Evil — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Nietzsche Source — Digital Critical Edition (eKGWB)Nietzsche Source / Paolo D’Iorio · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

eKGWB, Gutenberg BGE, and Stanford’s moral-political entry independently quote the anti-egalitarian programme.

Established: 1886 public BGE with those pages. Not established: a unique vote-share caused by the book.

Contribution type is direct.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFriedrich Nietzsche
  2. contributed toFactBeyond Good and Evil prints an anti-egalitarian brief against democratic modern ideas
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Beyond Good and Evil prints an anti-egalitarian brief against democratic modern ideas. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-bge-anti-equal-1886

https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-bge-anti-equal-1886

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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