Regardless of the philosophers, I like absurdism. I think it’s powerful but also dangerous. I feel like the world is a big, beautiful joke sometimes. Our lives, as important as they are to us, are rather meaningless in the grand scheme, even in the short sigh that is the human species on this Earth. Given the fact that we are unbroken chain of reproduction down to the very first bacteria, I think it’s ridiculous to say one thing is the absolute truth…
“How do I justify being a communist then?” I hear a lib ask.
Because it takes courage to believe in anything in a world whose number one belief is the belief in no belief; aka enlightened centrism, nihilism. Almost everyone I know is captured by nihilism and they are lost and depressed. Even if I am some sort of underachiever, i feel like i am more at peace with myself, the world and the way it is than many I know. So that’s one way I try to help people understand my point of view.
The best thing Camus brought was the myth of Sisyphus. Since everyone I know is a nihilist, albeit subconsciously, I try to meet them where they’re at and justify communism as a sort of existential courage.
In this way, I hope to steer people away from anarchism, at least.
Regardless of the philosophers, I like absurdism. I think it’s powerful but also dangerous. I feel like the world is a big, beautiful joke sometimes. Our lives, as important as they are to us, are rather meaningless in the grand scheme, even in the short sigh that is the human species on this Earth. Given the fact that we are unbroken chain of reproduction down to the very first bacteria, I think it’s ridiculous to say one thing is the absolute truth…
“How do I justify being a communist then?” I hear a lib ask.
Because it takes courage to believe in anything in a world whose number one belief is the belief in no belief; aka enlightened centrism, nihilism. Almost everyone I know is captured by nihilism and they are lost and depressed. Even if I am some sort of underachiever, i feel like i am more at peace with myself, the world and the way it is than many I know. So that’s one way I try to help people understand my point of view.
The best thing Camus brought was the myth of Sisyphus. Since everyone I know is a nihilist, albeit subconsciously, I try to meet them where they’re at and justify communism as a sort of existential courage.
In this way, I hope to steer people away from anarchism, at least.