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Invention of existentialist philosophy
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Existentialism, as in, the notion that reality has no objective meaning, is objectively correct. There is no god nor higher power to bestow objective meaning on to people.
What we do have is a lot of subjective meanings piled together with lots of people agreeing on them so they become basically objective.
God is dead and we killed him.
The very phrase that encapsulates that the explanations, religions, beliefs, and deities of old have ceased to matter, and that only though the casting aside the nihilism that arises from putting our fate into a “god”, can humanity itself take its existence by the reigns and become its own god.
I'm tempted to agree in principle. But I have some questions, as existentialism seems at odds with historical materialism. These questions aren't necessarily for you to answer, as each question would probably take a book or more to fully explore. But I'd be interested in yours and others' views.
I suppose this is why Marx told us to go beyond philosophy. We could go round in circles all day without improving the world one jot.
All of these are, like you said, pretty hard to answer, except for
No. Objective meaning refers to the idea of objectively correct goals to life. “Meaning of life”. This can’t exist unless there is a god or designer that created the universe
I think that clears up some of the other questions, too, as I don't think Marxism does offer a 'meaning of life' in that way.