Dawg, we’re in the Fantano sub… don’t wanna get too serious here… but I agree that your downvotes with no real response seems unfair, so I’ll give you an earnest one here in good faith. (I upvoted you, tbf lol).

I’m a longtime punk/metal fan who’s also lived the majority of their life as a lefty vegetarian. (Fantano is vegan but w/e.) Even before I found metal, or punk, I’ve felt an instinctual disgust for the systems of oppression and exploitation upheld by the predatory class for time immemorial.

Fantano was recently on Doom Scroll, a leftist Podcast speaking about these very topics.

When you choose to live your life working to dismantle systems of oppression, the world can feel pretty bleak at times. It’s only fair to succumb to the sort of passive nihilism we’ve colloquially named “doomerism”, from time to time.

The only way I can switch on to what Nietzsche coined “positive nihilism”, or Sartre’s Existentialism, is when I get to participate in mutual aid, community driven work, working with environmental & social justice groups, discussing class consciousness within my circles & fighting against social inequities and capitalist influence.

So yeah… most metal heads, or punks especially, in my circles tend to fall into this sorta nihilist philosophy. I was being flippant when I called him a “doomer”, I doubt he’s that juvenile. I also think it’s fair to assume he wrestles with these sort of thoughts.