im trying to explain this to my lib friends who think collectivism is evil and sucks

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    21 days ago

    You’d be surprised what a good segue “what do you think happens after you die” is into this. Genuinely what do people think is the end goal of individualism? Living a life that makes for a good movie? Fuuuuuuuck oooooooffffffdddffffffff

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      Individualism does tend to go hand in hand with nihilism from what I can see. Which to me is a very depressing outlook. Like how can someone go “it’s all meaningless just have fun” and not be terribly depressed. I guess if you have enough money to pave over the emptiness with thrills and hobby friendships, you can mostly ignore it?

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        I can’t speak for anyone, but I found young liberal nihilism created incredibly stressful conditions under which to “just have fun”. Wait, so I have to maximize my own pleasure and if I don’t then I destroyed a piece of the universe? Very annoying to take seriously