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[_up_in_flames]

i almost cried in class today for no reason at all.

well, i had a reason. we were debating the difference between camus and sartre, and i was trying to explain that they were both existentialists, except that sartre is more méchant towards his protagonists (ex The Wall, No Exit), believing that man is not responsible for his condition because he

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So according to Sarte, if I feel shitty, its not because of anything I did, its because the world around me is lacking in consciousness? That sounds like not wanting to take responsibility for one's own actions and gives permission for a completely nihilistic, amoral lifestyle, because hey...its not you...its everyone else.

Don't forget to place the philosopher in the timeframe in which he lived: Sarte was post-world war II france.