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nihilism has been practically adopted as an aesthetic. Nothing captures this mood quite like the cult Instagram account @casual.nihilism, which features endless posts with phrases like: “I’m gonna go nap. I’m not tired. I just don’t want to be awake.”
marie-claire chappet • ‘What’s the point?’ syndrome, and why we all feel so disconnected right now
a) I’m sick of pretending that psychic stuff doesn’t exist, and, b) materialism is bullshit. This office-park-version-of-reality charade has gone on long enough.
Kristin Posehn • Psychic Shit Happens All The Time
Perversely, irony relies on some remains of cultural capital in order to coherently express its destructive message. If elevated beyond commentary and analysis to its own pedestal of artistic value, its essence become desacralization and the making trite of deep truths we might prefer to respect and conserve.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
When even transgression is pre-packaged for consumption, the last frontier of resistance is not creativity but nihilism—a bleak symptom of a culture that has posted, pinned, and monetized everything else.
Brian Lange • Article
man's capacity for good makes markets possible; man's propensity for evil makes markets necessary.
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