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by georgia_peach 1483 days ago
I'd need to know how you define nihilism. From where I sit, I see very little of it. The people aren't sceptical about knowledge or reality; they think they have monopolies on it. The people haven't rejected religious and moral principles; they have multiplied them. Harari is a case-in-point; the Martin Luther of the WEF religion, posting his theses against the enlightenment-era doctrines of the great Western normie.

If you mean nihilism in the Übermensch sense--of tearing down to build anew--I think the only antidote to that is extinction, and who would want that?

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I don't think anyone wants extinction, but they'll get it anyway and that's what makes Harari, all the multiplications and the imagined monopolies delusional. I think people are in fact full of dejection, disappointment and skepticism, including at themselves. I can only truly speak for myself though. I feel that way and I'm very much more like these people than I would like to admit, but I have to believe I can build anew beyond that in such a way that doesn't necessitate me tearing down everyone else first.

I've never been very compromising and even normal conversations with me feel like battle, often. I just try to have a good time and speak my mind. When I get harassed by police or tricked or screwed around in whatever way at least I can then believe it's not my nihilism being expressed.