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BipolarVehement t1_ix7418l wrote

Nihilism is underrated and much hated from religious (and some non-religious) people and I find it sad. It is my entire mindset and I don’t understand why people throw it away. I think it’s much needed in our time, taken that you care for the earth but not for humans.

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bumharmony t1_ix7n3xx wrote

Yeah that is pessimism. In nihilism there is no room for that but it is the opposite even, loving that everything is as it is.

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BipolarVehement t1_ix95t6q wrote

Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. With respect to the universe, existential nihilism suggests that a single human or even the entire human species is insignificant, without purpose and unlikely to change in the totality of existence.

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I_Eat_Thermite7 t1_ix79xqm wrote

This is ecofascist ideology gg

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BipolarVehement t1_ix7a4d7 wrote

I never blamed immigrants wtf

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I_Eat_Thermite7 t1_ix7a5m4 wrote

That's not what ecofascism is that's just disgruntled old republicans.

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BipolarVehement t1_ix7affc wrote

I searched it up and all it showed was why eco fascism is bad, the dark side, white supremacy💀 Yeah I blame humans for the wreck they caused but I’m not a bad person. I genuinely don’t care about anything but it still reaches me knowing I’m living on a decaying planet 😐

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LukeFromPhilly t1_ix7rony wrote

So you do care about something?

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BipolarVehement t1_ix95pch wrote

To be fair… I may be 98% Nihilist were it not for the hardcore trauma I had concerning animal abuse. So no I don’t care, yes the world could be destroyed but then why am I holding back from doing it if I really don’t care? Because I think the earth is pretty. Maybe it’s selfish, but to be fair, if there was a way to get rid of a few billions of humans to make the earth better I would do it. I suppose that’s strong misanthropy and existential nihilism.

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LukeFromPhilly t1_ixabvmg wrote

So you care about the Earth because it's pretty? When you say you don't care about anything I think perhaps you mean you don't care about anything in the moral sense but you do care about some things in a broader sense.

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BipolarVehement t1_ixadxo6 wrote

That’s.. not it.😐

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LukeFromPhilly t1_ixar933 wrote

Ok can you help me understand? You say you don't care about anything but you don't want the Earth to be destroyed because it's pretty. How is not wanting something to be destroyed different from caring about it?

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BipolarVehement t1_ixat19c wrote

I did not defend nihilism to prove myself, I was just emitting my opinion. I don’t think anything matters enough to be fought about. I think one way, you think the other and that’s all. If you really wish to know, and I’d understand since psychology interests me too- the best way I’d explain my thoughts is: I like animals. I hate children. I hate people. I think that the world is comforting. I want more knowledge and I think the world is overpopulated. Every problem the world is experiencing now is because of humans. Natural disasters are pretty, even if people hate them I understand that they’re necessary for balance. Science is fascinating, humans are painfully boring. What I do find interesting about humans (and why I don’t just go and kill everyone because they don’t matter) is their brains. Some humans have the conscience that allows them to see things objectively. That’s existential nihilism. I find it wonderful. Philosophies are an art, they’re the part of the human brain that mixes objectivity and subjectivity via acquired knowledge. Nature, on the other side, is an art- the very first and main art form. While I’m not the type to go hug trees and cry watching deforestation videos, it disgusts me to know that we’re ruining it just so we can expend our population and pretend that the world is just fine. I fought over racism, sexism and overpopulation and that alone shows me that humans aren’t as artful as I often give them credit for. My dislikes comes from people forgetting to use their heads, going about their lives with the simple desire to live and nothing else. It is not that I don’t care, I care but not for their lives. I care for the impact of their lives. I hope it makes sense?

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I_Eat_Thermite7 t1_ix7amqm wrote

I'm not saying your a bad person, I'm saying that the line of thought in your comment was leading to ecofascist ideology. I don't think you mean anything bad by it but that seemed to be the direction your line of thought was going

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BipolarVehement t1_ix7avsj wrote

Was it meant as an insult? Because from what I’ve read it is an insult

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I_Eat_Thermite7 t1_ix7axui wrote

No mb, just descriptive 🤖

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BipolarVehement t1_ix7bhel wrote

Okay, good😂 I’m sorry, didn’t mean to sound harsh it’s just rare I’m told stuff like that. Ways to think are always made to sound horrible from one perspective or the other. Philosophy is a slippery terrain.

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