[Edited title and body to change Selfish to Doomer.]
These Doomer Nihilists are so sure the world is so completely fucked, that they just nope out of any meaningful action that might mitigate what’s coming.
Hell, they might be right. But it takes an incredibly selfish person to assume their idea of the future is absolute, to the point you just go “If I’m doomed, I’ll just let it burn with everyone inside.”
I’ve been called naive, idealistic and cliche just because I believe in the Human capacity to adapt and thrive, and our unique ability as Humans to choose what we believe. How a positive mindset will -literally- move us in a positve direction, generally speaking.
And I admit, I am verying degrees of those things… But am I wrong?
Humans became… And we’re still becoming, a collective organism as the internet spreads. It’s far from perfect, but it keeps us all connected in one way or another. That gives each and every one of us a little push and tug on the whole.
Unless you are truly isolated in your life, and my heart breaks for those who are, your positivity matters. Your negativity matters. These things spread to anyone who interacts with you, whether it’s the slightest bit or enough to get someone to see another perspective. It spreads and it matters.
I just feel like… if more people were a little more naive and idealistic, but informed, we might not be so fucked.
Face it like a Human.
[Edited slightly for clarification]
The funny thing is I don’t believe there are many living true nihilists, because if nothing truly matters they would simply do nothing and likely die.
Of course most of them don’t do that, at the very least because of bodily pain/pleasure/fear, which at best makes them a hedonist.
And if they start invoking any singular “logic” for how the world should work, like social darwinism, then they flat out don’t understand what “no meaning” means, ironically. Look up the is/ought paradox, you can’t claim the world should be anything without some arbitrary belief. Which means that the only things that truly view the world with no meaning are things that can’t or don’t intentionally act on the world, ie inanimate objects.
It just feels like a way to pester people into “opting out” of any philosophical discussion and give up on life when they themselves aren’t even committing to their “ideals”.