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"while the pamphlet is directed into the anarchist movement in order to convince comrades of the only correct vision of anarchism"

Haha no. That is the job of revolutionaries like yourself. Shouldn't you be focusing time and energy organizing the masses? They are far more important than my writing. Sorry to offend *your* correct vision of anarchism by failing your (history) aptitude test.

As far nihilism, anarchy, Aragorn! and podcasts. I mean ok sure, I can be serious. Let's get serious! (Seriously)

I, Flower Bomb, find debates on podcasts entertaining. And I believe they should be. Because whether I am out "in the streets", or hangin' with friends, tabling zines at events or debating on podcasts, - I personally prioritize having fun.

It seems the topic of nihilism comes up recently as if it requires re-defining or re-iterating it's meaning. But the fact is, nihilism means alot of different things to different people. To Aragorn! maybe it means academically recognizing it as a powerful concept loaded with rich history. I gotta be honest, I never much cared for academia. Or reading volumes. And that doesn't mean I respect Aragorn less for seeming to care about these things more. I personally just don't find a need for it. "Nihilism" for me refers to the daily activity of negating internalized social conditioning, domestication, and authoritarianism. I honestly don't care who coined the term, what it meant to people hundreds of years ago or how other people want to define it today. For me it is a practical application for interacting with the world around me.

Leftism (communism, socialism and all other forms of ideological group think) disallowed the full-growth and development of my personal revolt. I personally believe that if my anarchy doesn't *start* from reclaiming myself as an individual - expropriated from the social conditioning and constructions assigned to me at birth - it remains domesticated by an inferiority complex that encourages my subordination to group-think. This inferiority complex is something I think many leftists (including the revolutionary who wrote this critique of my writing) conceal their defeatism to group-think by shaming those who refuse to join their submissive misery.

My nihilism is hardly relevant to people in the past, Aragorn! or anyone else who claims it. I arrive at nihilism the same way I arrive at individualism: against all that attempts to socially control me, every single day. It isn't a fixed ideology that can be pinned down on a historical map or found as a static identity in a pool of stagnant academia. For me it is a lived experience. And as long as I am alive, I want to have fun.

Imagine the emotional weight and vulnerability investing so much into terminology that a conflicting experience causes stress. This is why I moved beyond identity politics. People become defensive with words and academia because they live life separate from them. They in a way commodify them, own them through social capital rather than direct experience. The truth is, I don't care what anyone calls me. I don't care what Aragorn! thinks of my nihilism. Because it's not important what people think of me. What's important to me is having fun. And I am having plenty of fun. I have more fun offline. Online, not so much. But someone seemed genuinely disappointed about me not taking something serious. So I figured i'd response.