Are We Destined To Become A Nation Of Nihilists?

By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

It would seem that we are perilously close. By definition, a Nihilist is someone who believes life is meaningless, and rejects all religious and moral principles. Perhaps the realization that none of us will get out of this life alive[2], and the toll that the Covid pandemic took on religious observances, moved us in this direction.

The divisions created by the Left’s almost-one-decade-long efforts to destroy Donald Trump and his supporters have contributed mightily to this malaise.[3] Needless to say, if Americans have given up on their country’s future—and by implication, their future—the ramifications will be staggering.

Only in the Vietnam War era was this true in recent history. And before that, perhaps the events leading up to our Civil War almost 170 years ago were similar. Presumably our enemies are salivating. Why expend monumental efforts and resources to defeat or destroy us when we are crumbling from within, so the logic goes.

Are we destined to become little more than a “Banana Republic,” and recede into the dark crevices of human history—with this having occurred during the course of our lifetimes? And did this process accelerate when the Covid pandemic found its way from China to our shores? And when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began spending time in our White House?

Will God save us from such a fate?

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© 2024, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  Compare https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/legacy/ (“Legacy”) with https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/whats-it-all-about-alfie/ (“What’s It All About, Alfie?”)

[3]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/americas-legal-system-is-an-abomination/ (“America’s Legal System Is An Abomination”)