Nihilism

Nihilism is a philosophy that denies inherent meaning, morality, or truth in life. Derived from the Latin "nihil" (nothing), it views human existence as absurd, dismisses moral codes as baseless and often calls for dismantling established institutions.

How many people now living in America or in government are nihilists? My guess is quite a few. How many of those in our government are actively working to weaken America? How many people are actively working to advocate for the advancement of Muslim ideologies within our government? How many of these people are bought and paid for to do just that? Most of them.

And I think that is what anger's Donald Trump. He doesn't know how to stop it and he is trying to do so as a man with limited intellect or, a simplistic view of how the world works.

And therein lies the flaw of Donald Trump. His sixth sense is accurate but he doesn't have the political acumen to defeat the nihilists within. Trump is about as emotionally intelligent as a three year old.  The nihilist not only include foreigners but also entire generations of Americans defeated by their reality of earning a degree, struggling to find a good paying job or afford a home. Instead they retreat into unmotivated couch potatoes sitting in front of their computers. Minds being polluted by social media and mindless video games.

The way to fix this is through getting involved in something bigger than yourself with a network of peers that invests in one another. Perhaps getting involved with a life giving Christian church with an active small group ministry.

The pastor at church did a sermon series long ago called forecasting your future. One of the tenants was show me your friends and I'll show you your future. A group of keyboard warriors sitting in the dark interacting behind a screen taking assumed personalities of caricatures and online personas isn't life giving. It's defeating and detaches people from the reality. Again, these people probably sit in the dark in their parent's basement.  Dark is where things go to die.

Participating in life giving small groups could counter the isolation and hopelessness in our society. It is said that iron sharpens iron just as one man sharpens another. An upward spiral of success vs the downward spiral of defeat and hopelessness.