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N’s greatest argument to support the idea that morals have been turned upside down for the sake of the lower classes is human nature. In the 14th section, he asks the reader, “will any one look into—right into—the mystery of how ideals are manufactured in the world?” And he answers with the reply, “they are miserable…they tell me that their misery is a favor and distinction given to them be God…that perhaps …[they will] be paid back with a tremendous interest in gold, nay in happiness. This they call blessedness.” Human beings need to find reason in their lives. If a person is doing something that he/she hates doing, it is a greater relief if there is some sort of reward in this grueling task. It is also human nature for people to compare themselves to other people. A person finds satisfaction in knowing, or thinking that he/she is better that someone else.
If a group of people are submitted under another, they need to find a reason for this submission, so they will say to themselves, “Oh, he may have his day now, but there will be a time when we will be better off than he…we will be in heaven, and he will burn in hell.” So, N’s former claim that the religious are the strongest haters is supported by this evidence of human nature. I find myself doing this same action. If a car passes me while I am riding a bicycle, and toots its horn in mockery, I don’t get angry. I just say to myself, “Oh, there will come a time when he will be riding a bike, and I will be in a Limo (future economic regression implied).”
Another argument that N uses is history. He cites a bunch of examples of how people engage in this sort of “get back at the aristocrats” mentality. He talks about how all the aristocratic societies were called “barbarians.”