American Nihilism Fuels Political Violence and Despair

In a recent column, Ben Shapiro argues that mounting political frustration in the United States is mutating into nihilism, which he links to incoherent radicalization and a spate of aimless violent attacks. He cites a Washington Post report by Peter Whoriskey and references Dostoyevsky and Karl Popper to argue that influencers and politicians cultivate despair for profit, undermining solutions.
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