On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:38:56 -0400 grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:53 PM, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
authentic anarchists are not about "nothing"; that would be the nihilists.
Being relatively closely related / along the same line in some areas, I do often mash them up. Anarchism surely more popularly known/studied than political nihilism.
First time I come accross the term 'politica nihilism' google "political nihilism" - About 9,500 results wikitrash "Political nihilism is a branch of nihilism that follows the characteristic nihilist's rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions," Hm. Now I just learnt that "nihilism" actually means something like rationalism??? Sounds off... The way you used "nihilism" in your previous message you seemed to be referring to the philosophy(?) of not "giving a damn about anything", "rejecting any moral value", et cetera. And equating political anarchy (voluntary organization) with what's ordinary known as nihilism is nonsense. This "political nihilism" thing seems like some ad hoc term, or maybe some new 'intelectual' 'fashion' or something, I personally don't find much value in introducing more confusing vocabulary...