Message from @diversity_is_racism
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BY ITS PROPONENTS
WHO SEE IT AS MORE THAN MERELY INDIVIDUALISM
it's rejection of *an* idea
not of ideas
NIHILISM IS REALISM THAT DENIES THE PROMINENCE OF HUMAN JUDGMENT/INTENT
why can't it just be realism
i mean
IT IS REJECTION OF ALL IDEAS BASED IN INNATE TRUTH, VALUE AND PURPOSE
i thought i sounded cool telling people i was a nihilist back in the early 2000's thanks to the ANUS
REALISM DOES NOT CONTAIN ANYTHING OTHER THAN OBSERVATION
THIS INCLUDES A CONCLUSION REGARDING HOW TO OBSERVE
It's not existentialism @Hagel
IT PROBABLY DID SOUND COOL
BUT
did...
IT ALSO HAS SUBSTANCE
Existentialism focuses around the ego
WE HAVE A LOT MORE KIDDIE NIHILISTS AROUND
but if it has substance, how is it nihilism?
AGREED @spaceplacenta
IT CONSISTS OF A DISBELIEF IN INHERENT/INNATE VALUE
THIS IS NIHILISTIC
is it possible to not BE a nihilist
FROM THAT, MORE CAN BE ASCERTAINED
BUT AT THE SAME TIME
but to incoporate nihilistic viewpoints?
THE BASIS IS IN NIHILISM
PROBABLY
THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHS TO MOST CONCLUSIONS
Nihilism is a faulty foundation
THE PROBLEM WILL BE IF YOU TAKE A COLLECTION OF CONCLUSIONS
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER
Why not pose pragmatism as transcendental Idealism
it's more suiting than being a cynic for the sake of being a cynic
cynicism seems like an end
OR BECOME AN INCOHERENT BUNDLE
nihilism being that end in modern terms
YES, CYNICISM IS A METHOD BASED ON MAKING ASSUMPTIONS INTO CONCLUSIONS
CAN BE USEFUL I SUPPOSE
PRAGMATISM WILL DEFAULT TO STANDARD HUMAN MENTALLY CONVENIENT INDIVIDUALISM