The Wes Cecil Podcast

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 13


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ADDENDUM - CALVINISTIC MATERIALISM VS. NIHILISTIC MATERIALISM

Does America practice a particular type of Nihilism? A follow up to clarify the notion of why Nihilism - the belief that there is no order or meaning in the world - is fundamental to the type of materialism practiced in America. Perhaps the clearest example is the rise of off-site storage where people pay to store material goods that, by definition, they cannot readily access - the materiality has become almost completely meaningless.


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