I know a lot of people in camps that a lot of other people want increasingly to describe as nihilist. But I think it is useless to describe them this way. That is, it does absolutely nothing to help me (or you) understand them or their politics. So, to borrow the overused but underutilized “you keep using that word” exercise (borrowing specificly from Alan Jacobs in this case): Tell me what you mean *without using that word.*