Nietzsche's Active Nihilism

The "active nihilist" undergoes the same existential disorientation and despair which goes hand in hand with the underlying nihilist idea that life is utterly meaningless, however instead of subscribing oneself to a mass movement of some sort or drowning in hopelessness, Nietzsche paints a picture of an active nihilist who "charges forward and consciously destroys all beliefs which previously gave meaning to their lives". He goes on to explain that nihilism ¨reaches its maximum of relative strength as a violent force of destruction - as active nihilism.¨ After this removal of previously held sentiments, the active nihilist stands alone in the universe, bearing the weight of true independence and an ability to craft his/her own meaning, rather