We aren't born individuals, we become individuals.
Fight Club is a time capsule that displays the empty, alienated society that births the nihilism we use group identities and destruction to escape from today.
◬In this episode:
⋗ Alienation and losing friends ⋗ How individuality fights authoritarianism ⋗ An intense debate on defining morality as in line with nature ⋗ Nietzsche (of course) ⋗ How the fear of freedom makes group identity appealing ⋗ The desire to destroy something beautiful ⋗ Creation as the answer to nihilism
◬Other related episodes mentioned:
⋗ Library Circus #3: Becoming Uncancellable⋗ How to Become a True-Man
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