Nietzsche, the middle period

Strains of Nietzsche's thought seems to underlie the political extremes of both left and right, particularly right now:

- The death of Christian tradition and morality, which (despite its de facto shortcomings) provided a common moral framework and language that let people talk to one another

- The loss of meaning and one possible responsible response, which is to generate your own meaning independent of the morality of others. Note that this thinking helps justify both revolutionaries and reactionaries, since you are heroic for rejecting societal norms.

Jordan Peterson discusses Nietzsche in many of his videos, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgBuOQL1VYY