Who Are Today’s Nihilists?

This year, the U.S. Justice Department quietly added a new category to the list of enemies in its war on terrorism: “Nihilistic Violent Extremism”. The perpetrators of this kind of terrorism are said to be pursuing anti-social violence to usher in the end of society. As the federal filing reads, these nihilists commit acts that “derive primarily from a hatred of society at large and a desire to bring about its collapse”.