Nietzsche. The man, the mustache, the madness.
Every half-baked philosopher-wannabe slaps his name on their half-drunken rants like a badge of honor.
But here’s the thing: the guy’s more overrated than avocado toast.
People who quote him think they’re deep. They aren’t.
Now, I’m not saying he was useless.
I’m saying people treat him like a prophet when he was just another dude, spinning his thoughts into the abyss.
And boy, did he spin. Let’s tear it down.
1. His Whole Philosophy Is One Long Identity Crisis
Nietzsche was like a man sprinting toward something without ever deciding what it was.
One minute, he’s praising strength and domination; the next, he’s curled up in a ball, weeping over suffering.
He raged against religion, but half his work sounds like scripture.
He wanted a world without God but acted like a prophet.
He loathed nihilism but kept feeding it.
He was fighting something, but he never really figured out what.
That’s not philosophy—that’s a man trying to outrun his own shadow.
2. He Loved to Dunk on Morality, But Never Built a New One
He tore apart Christian values like a kid ripping up homework.
Fine. But then what? His whole “master morality” thing is vague at best, sociopathic at worst.
Be strong, be bold, be… what exactly? His answer? Figure it out yourself, loser.
People act like Nietzsche handed us a roadmap, but all he really did was slash the tires of the car we were already driving.
You want meaning? Build it.
You want rules? Make them.
He gave us a wrecking ball and left us standing in the rubble.
3. The Übermensch Is an Instagram Hustler’s Dream
The Übermensch: the next-level human. Self-made, self-driven, totally unbothered.
Sounds a lot like your average “grindset” influencer telling you to wake up at 4 AM and invest in crypto.
If that’s philosophy, then so is every LinkedIn post ever written.
The problem? The Übermensch isn’t real.
Nobody transcends morality, fear, doubt, and weakness.
We’re all limping through life, trying not to trip over our own feet.
But people eat this stuff up because they love the idea of being better than the herd.
They want to believe they’re built different. Newsflash: you’re not.
And neither was Nietzsche.
4. He Was a King of Projection
Nietzsche never married, had no kids, and mostly wrote alone. Yet he had a lot to say about human nature, power, and love.
That’s like me giving out diet tips while stuffing my face with cheeseburgers.
He was obsessed with power, but he had none.
He talked about greatness, but he lived in obscurity.
He told people to be fearless, yet he was a nervous wreck most of the time.
He wasn’t studying humanity—he was writing his own frustrations into the universe and hoping someone would believe they were wisdom.
5. He Hated Pity But Needed Plenty of It
The man wrote entire essays against pity. Meanwhile, he spent his last years being spoon-fed by his sister as his mind melted into mush. Irony? Oh, you bet.
His whole life, he screamed about strength. He called pity a weakness, a disease of the weak-hearted.
But when he collapsed, who took care of him? The very people he looked down on. The irony here isn’t just thick—it’s tragic.
6. He Was an Elitist, But Also Kind of a Loser
Nietzsche raged against the “herd”—the common folk. He saw them as weak, uninspired, pathetic.
He believed in greatness, in the few rising above the many.
But let’s be real: the guy was unemployed, sickly, and ignored in his time. He died in obscurity, and his biggest fans were the very people he probably would’ve despised.
He wanted titans. He got philosophy undergrads with Nietzsche tattoos.
7. His Writing Is a Mess
Ever tried reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra? It’s like wading through molasses while someone yells riddles in your ear.
One moment he’s deep, the next he’s rambling like a drunk uncle at Thanksgiving. Even his fans admit he’s a nightmare to read.
His style is wild—part poetry, part rant, part fever dream. He jumps from idea to idea like a stray dog chasing cars.
If you strip away the dramatic flair, most of it boils down to the same thing: “Break the rules. Be strong. Make your own meaning.” Okay. Got it. But did he really need 20 books to say that?
8. His Ideas Were Hijacked by the Worst People
Nietzsche gets a bad rap because the Nazis twisted his words.
But here’s the thing: his writing is so vague and all over the place that it was easy to hijack.
If your philosophy can be interpreted by both free spirits and genocidal maniacs, maybe it wasn’t that great to begin with.
To be fair, he would have despised the Nazis. But his writing left the door wide open for them.
His “will to power” idea? Perfect for dictators.
His rants about strength? A playground for tyrants.
If your work can be used as a manual for world domination, maybe clarity wasn’t your strong suit.
9. His Ideas Often Felt Like He Was Talking to Himself
Nietzsche had this knack for spinning ideas in circles, talking to himself like a mad prophet on the corner of some dusty street.
He’d throw out these grand statements about life, power, and morality, but half the time, it felt like he was just trying to convince himself of his own genius.
He was a man consumed by his thoughts, locked in his own internal battle, and at times, his work read like an endless loop of self-debate—trying to solve his own identity crisis.
His philosophy might have been ambitious, but it often felt like he was shouting at the walls and hoping someone heard him.
And in some ways, they did. But how much of that was real insight, and how much was just a man spinning his wheels in the dark?
10. Nietzsche’s Fanboys Are Just as Overrated
Let’s talk about the crowd that’s kept Nietzsche’s name alive—his fanboys.
They worship at the altar of his every word like they’ve discovered the meaning of life in a dusty old book.
These are the same guys who toss around phrases like “Will to Power” and “God is dead” without understanding what the hell they mean, much less how they apply to their own lives.
Nietzsche’s fanboys are the type who think quoting a philosopher makes them deep, like wearing a leather jacket and quoting Bukowski somehow makes you a misunderstood genius.
They walk around like Nietzsche himself whispered wisdom into their ears, probably while standing in front of a mirror.
But they’re just repeating lines that sound edgy, without realizing that the man himself was deeply conflicted, tortured by his ideas, and frequently wrong.
They love his critique of the masses, but somehow, they miss the irony that they’re part of that same herd they claim to disdain.
They scream “the Übermensch!” but can’t make it through a week without posting motivational quotes on Instagram like it’s going to change the world.
It’s like they think wearing a Nietzsche quote on their T-shirt somehow transforms them into a master of their fate.
At the end of the day, Nietzsche didn’t want followers, didn’t need them.
But these fanboys, with their selective reading and self-congratulatory delusions, keep turning his ideas into a cult of personality.
They don’t want to question the world—they just want to sound smarter than everyone else.
And maybe that’s the saddest part: Nietzsche’s greatest legacy isn’t his philosophy, but the parade of insufferable “geniuses” who throw his name around like confetti.
Summary Table:
| Reason | Why It’s a Problem |
|---|---|
| Identity crisis | Torn between ideas, never landed |
| No clear morality | Tore things down, built nothing |
| Übermensch nonsense | Just a glorified self-help guru |
| Projection | No experience, but lots of opinions |
| Hated pity | Needed a lot of it |
| Elitist, but a failure | Criticized the herd while being ignored |
| Writing is awful | Reads like a fever dream |
| Easy to misuse | Ambiguous ideas led to bad interpretations |
Nietzsche: the most misunderstood, overhyped, and self-sabotaging philosopher of all time.
He was brilliant, sure. But he was also a mess.
His ideas were hijacked, his personal life was a contradiction, and his writing? A tangled, chaotic swamp.
People still worship him like he’s some dark prophet, the ultimate free thinker.
But strip away the mystique, and you get a guy who lived alone, misread humanity, and had a mental breakdown.
Not exactly the Übermensch he was hoping for.
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