(April 4, 2025 at 8:32 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(April 4, 2025 at 10:28 am)Alan V Wrote: Disillusionment yes, nihilism no -- at least from my perspective. Just because we lose doesn't mean we were wrong. Facts are still facts.
My particular brand of disillusionment and nihilism doesn't come from despairing about the facts of our world, it comes specifically from the fact that many millions of people here in America simply do not care about the facts. Do.Not.Care. It's demoralizing to be outvoted by the uninformed.
It's even more demoralizing when uninformed deem themselves enlightened but don't realize that they're voting against their own interests.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Bakunin.
