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WC-83 wrote: Wasn't Nietzsche about living life normally and happy despite knowing everything on Earth is meaningless? No. His philosophy, (real) Nihilism, is basically that nothing matters at all. As such, there's no reason to make a big deal out of things like gender, race or economic status.

But his philosophy isn't about not giving a shit about anything and everything. Nothing matters, but because of that, one should try to make life more enjoyable, one should try to help others. Because no matter who they are, what they are, or what they can/'t do, it's the same at the end, so why not help them?

Consider his vision of the Ubermensch. Someone who lives by their own rules, even if they go against society's rules, while being excellent, virtuous and magnificent at it. (Excellent as in the greek "Arete", basically "be the very best you can be").

At the same time he also added that even if you think life sucks because nothing matters, one should do charitable acts. Even if they don't matter in the end, they make life better, and can make one feel better.