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Undertoad · 11-26-2018, 04:24 PM

Apparently that's one of the main questions Nietzsche was asking (although I'm not smart enough to have read him myself): now as the Enlightenment proves the traditional sources of morality to be weak, God is dead; what are we going to replace Him with?

In the century after Nietzsche, the world answered that question with its own, formulated political ideologies. Between Communism and Fascism, they managed to kill about 100 million people.

So now, obviously the question is, if political ideologies are nothing short of a new source of meaning in our lives --

How are we going to stop ourselves from killing the next 100 million people?

The thread is yours.

11-26-2018, 04:24 PM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Apparently that's one of the main questions Nietzsche was asking (although I'm not smart enough to have read him myself): now as the Enlightenment proves the traditional sources of morality to be weak, God is dead; what are we going to replace Him with? In the century after Nietzsche, the world answered that question with its own, formulated political ideologies. Between Communism and Fascism, they managed to kill about 100 million people. So now, obviously the question is, if political ideologies are nothing short of a new source of meaning in our lives -- How are we going to stop ourselves from killing the next 100 million people? The thread is yours.