I don't think it's true that they're meaningless, though; non-wacko people do have deeply-held values and get upset when public policy runs counter to them. Th

I don't think it's true that they're meaningless, though; non-wacko people do have deeply-held values and get upset when public policy runs counter to them. The nihilistic viewpoint is more a symptom of getting used to politicians who pay lip-service to those values but break their promises.