"The trouble with wrecking shit is that the results are wholly unpredictable."
No, that's not the 'trouble', that's the 'point'.
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"nihilism"
I'm no nihilist.
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"Burn it down and start again - shatter the body politic to rebuild it differently."
Yep. That's 'optimism'. The nihilist, having no hope, just accepts the garbage and wallows in it.
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"No, it's burn down everybody's shit but mine."
No, it's 'have the right kind of shit to begin with and defend it in rough times'.
If you don't, if you can't:
