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Old 04-22-2020, 06:08 AM   #5826 (permalink)
jwb
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It's less an ideal and more like an instinct. People instinctively seek out purpose (based on their interests) in the same way they instinctively pull their hand away from a fire to not get burned. Nihilism strikes me as a counterbalance of sorts, but not really an answer. Nietzsche is about as useless as the King James Bible as far as meaningful revelations are concerned.
Nietzsche wasn't a nihilist, if anything his work was anti-nihilism.

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Then quit talking to and about him.



Ja the DNC defo wouldn't put business over climate like the GOP. That's why they nominated *checks notes* the Democratic candidate who enthusiastically wants to invest in "clean coal".
it's like Batlord said, the Democrats contribute by offering false solutions based largely on the idea of conservationism.

But yes I do think the Republicans are clearly worse. It's the difference between offering inadequate solutions and denying the problem altogether.
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