Nihilist poseurs and tiresome decadent rebels?

[Robert Adam Gilmour]

Quote Originally Posted by Cnev

Poseurs can be found everywhere. Just look at pop culture, for instance. All people are striving for something, and there is a lot of identity-searching that goes along with that. Who really knows who they are? Searching for that is difficult, and can lead people down some very awkward and cringey paths. Life is hard, especially when it's in alignment with a person's truth about themselves and their lives. It's easy to get derailed, and find ourselves in unknown internal territories. Navigating out of them in the dark isn't easy, and maybe a person navigates into areas that aren't really who they are in a attempt to find a way to live a life. There's nothing wrong with that. It's difficult.

Good response, I just wish more nihilists would let go of their resentments. Sometimes you get a sense that someone's pronouncements about existence are just some sort of revenge on their parents and teachers.

I was thinking that a lot virtue signalling should maybe be forgiven more often because of something similar to the complexities you mention. When you're discussing social justice on a regular basis it's probably easier to fall into but with worse consequences than nihilistic posturing.