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newyne t1_j10yyza wrote

Great article! I think Nietzsche is overrated, but through no fault of his own. It's this almost worshipful attitude some people have toward him (I even saw someone refer to him once as "the great prophet Nietzsche"), and it's like... That kind of person tends to think that he has all the answers that will work for everyone and anyone; if they don't, you're just not "trying hard enough" (which, having grown up fundamentalist Christian, sounds familiar!). I think often those are the people who don't really get his work, too. Because I mean... Haven't they just replaced God with Nietzsche? Kinda undercuts what he was saying, actually. That is, turns out what happens is that people will just invent new gods. Although of course not everyone does that.

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