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nihilism (or more broadly, existentialism) is not directly tied to marxism. Both are materialist philosophies, but taking one does not require that you take the
by beaconstudios 10y ago
nihilism (or more broadly, existentialism) is not directly tied to marxism. Both are materialist philosophies, but taking one does not require that you take the other. "Fuck the corporations" is also a pretty common attitude on the right as well as the left.
- humanrebar 10y agoThe right distrusts both public (government) and private (monopolistic corporate) bureaucracies as oppressive. The left gives more of a pass to government bureaucracies because they have faith that they can be democratically checked.
- beaconstudios 10y agoa faith that seems rather misplaced given historical context.
- twoquestions 10y agoCareful with that wide brush of yours, there's a whole multidimensional universe of political alignments out there that are obscured by the American 'Left' and 'Right'.