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“Charlie Kirk was at least as poisoned by ironic trolling as the man accused of killing him. Kirk’s entire career in politics and online influencing was based on playing this double game…The reaction of Kirk’s friends and political allies to his death is steeped in irony and nihilism…”
Terminal irony and the collapse of meaning
Coded messages on the bullets that killed Charlie Kirk reveal a nihilistic, always online world where cynicism, violence and politics blur together – and meaning itself collapses.
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“Charlie Kirk was at least as poisoned by ironic trolling as the man accused of killing him. Kirk’s entire career in politics and online influencing was based on playing this double game…The reaction of Kirk’s friends and political allies to his death is steeped in irony and nihilism…”