the cultural arc over the past few years from wokism to pessimism to nihilism is racist, sucks, and doesn’t even matter anyway
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on a serious note, at least the first two cultural movements had some real positives. i fear that nihilism is going to poison a generation for no gain.

Jul 27, 2022 · 3:08 PM UTC

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Nihilism is watching cable news.
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Keeping optimist will be rebelious. Who would have guessed?
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NAZAL KARADAN @NAZALKARADAN
23 Dec 2021
Once you realize everything is an illusion and most things are just BS, sans the mental fortitude, it's very easy to slide into a slippery slope of nihilism.
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Nihilism usually creates a vauum of belief, which must be filled. A complete rejection of the prevailing ideology, offers a temporary blank slate, which can then be filled with new values, beliefs and meaning.
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That'll be true if they blindly accept the reductionist take that only universally valued aims are of worth. One can move easily from "nothing has universal/true meaning/value" to "I still feel/believe these things" as a basis for simply _choosing_ to engage ones life, the world
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Agreed
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can you give examples of where you’ve seen nihilism play out
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sounds like the last three stages of grieving American hegemony. Bargaining, depression, acceptance.
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How do those of us that understand this counter to benefit our own future generations?
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A paper about a culprit: Air pollution: A systematic review of its psychological, economic, and social effects. - Jackson G. Lu (jacksonlu.net/) Current Opinion in Psychology - @ELSpsychology drive.google.com/file/d/1zwv…

Lu (2020) Air Pollution - A Systematic Review of Its Psychological, Economic, and Social Effects.pdf

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