Analysis / Straw Nihilist

This trope was once called Nietzsche Wannabe because of the more hammier versions of this trope resembling the German Existentialist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The "straw" in the current title (and the "wannabe" in the old title) is because while Nietzsche was famous for his fatalism, he discouraged wangsting about it endlessly and encouraged you to instead make the most out of it. Also, his goal was to prevent nihilism by making new values for people. ...Maybe. As with everything about Nietzsche, it's really unclear; as stated in his own Analysis page, many of his ideals are self-contradictory and pretty weird, so honestly any interpretation could be valid.

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