somebody <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
> > Depends on the area, but probably one based on a religion or whatever is
> > espoused by the state.  Other than that, probably apathy,

> I like it. "Chronic apathy", it is then.

  That sounds to me a bit like nihilism.

"Nihilism is the philosophical position that values do not exist but
rather are falsely invented. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in
the form of existential nihilism which argues that life is without
meaning, purpose or intrinsic value. Moral nihilists assert that
morality does not exist, and subsequently there are no moral values
with which to uphold a rule or to logically prefer one action over
another."

  Might also have undertones of fatalism.

"Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of
all events or actions to fate or inevitable predetermination.

Fatalism generally refers to several of the following ideas:

[...]

   4. That acceptance is appropriate, rather than resistance against
inevitability. This belief is very similar to defeatism."

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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