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>anti-natalism and materialism
how is it any of that considering how it ends with Rust finding peace with the loss of his family and implying a return to a sort of idealism and lust for life? its literally anti-nihilist to its core and is just about how Rusts beliefs and lifestyle is just a cope he must overcome. haven't russians ever read this obscure author called Dostoyevsky before?