• Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    Please point out any evidence of nihilism displayed above. My feeling is certainly that you just have not a clue of what the word means and just use it as a default criticism. I’m sorry the rest of the world doesn’t kowtow to your far-right delusions.

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      4 days ago

      Okay so let’s accept the premise of this post for a minute: “Both major political parties in the US are equally bad.”

      What am I supposed to do now? What action can I take to facilitate change?

      I’d argue that this is a perspective that simply isn’t helpful even if true. I think it’s an excuse to tune out instead of getting engaged. I think it’s an excuse to wish for a better future instead of putting in the real work it takes to make systemic changes that can actually improve people’s lives. It’s a perspective that encourages doing nothing because ‘nothing matters anyway’.

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        That makes absolutely no sense. First off, we should aim for the objective truth, not lying in order to argue for a group we disagree with. Secondly, it’s still unclear why exactly you would have an apathetic response. That’s illogical and seems like a reductive view of things that you yourself haven’t thought of very much.