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Originally Posted by MicShazam
Existentialism is the belief that through a combination of awareness, free will, and personal responsibility, one can construct their own meaning within a world that intrinsically has none of its own.
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^ That seems like a pretty good definition MicShazam, though I would have added a bit about how an existentialist should never forget that any constructed meaning is illusory, that their focus should be on the meaninglessness.
Either way, I'm very puzzled by US cable news reporters who now talk about how the Russia investigation is "an existential threat" to Trump's presidency. Has anyone else noticed that? Surely they should be saying, "It's a threat to the existence of the Trump presidency", which is different, right? Aren't they misusing the word "existential"?