None of the stuff we’re told matters matters, there is no default state of what matters and what doesn’t. The universe doesn’t care what we do, only people do, there is no grand plan set for us.
Nihilism frees us to decide our own things that matter for us. For you it’s what you’ve listed, for others it’s other things. That’s nihilistic.
It sounds more like what you are saying that meaning isn’t bestowed upon us, but rather that we are growing forth the meaning each and one of us. That doesn’t sound like there is no meaning, but rather that meaning comes from people, that it is distributed, or spread out like butter. So I think I’d be more willing to identify myself as a butterist.
None of the stuff we’re told matters matters, there is no default state of what matters and what doesn’t. The universe doesn’t care what we do, only people do, there is no grand plan set for us.
Nihilism frees us to decide our own things that matter for us. For you it’s what you’ve listed, for others it’s other things. That’s nihilistic.
It sounds more like what you are saying that meaning isn’t bestowed upon us, but rather that we are growing forth the meaning each and one of us. That doesn’t sound like there is no meaning, but rather that meaning comes from people, that it is distributed, or spread out like butter. So I think I’d be more willing to identify myself as a butterist.
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Exactly. When nothing matters then we are free to choose for ourselves instead of having it imposed on us.