We seem to create reasons for why we are here and reasons for keeping order. It is a common trend that human beings seek order rather then chaos and anarchy. Nietzche argues that before there was the slave morality in power that the master mentality was in place; the good decieded what was good and were running rampant around the world. Human beings naturally don't like being seen as being lesser of another so a system was created, values and morality.
These are things that should exist no matter what. If we follow Nietzche's thoughts of humans in the natural world then we are no better then animals surging on emotion and lust. He decrees that life affirming ideas are the way to go, but it is my opionion that the slave morality is also life affirming, all life.
And has there ever really been a time in life when the good aka strong truly didn't have morals. The answer is no, while the strong have always lead they have not always been cruel. The earliest accounts of history and society/civilzation in general have never been promoters of this mind set that Nietzche proposes. The Summarians and Chinese people both had dynasties and kingdoms. Humarabi's (Sorry spelling lol) code, an eye for an eye. In Gilgamesh the ancient king express' benevolence and he is supposed to be the most powerful man to have ever walked the earth. This are cultures that existed long before the jews predating them by a 1000 years and perhaps even more.
I believe that the "Slave" morality has always been the main course of action and Nietzche is seriously wrong about the human nature. And even if I'm wrong what kind of meaningless world would we live in if the old good/strong had true power?
I think it is wrong to posit the term "meaningless" on the old world of the strong/weak before the inversion and invention of moral values, as you being a product of the slavish state impose your false slavish values on the strong. The old world did have meaning in the sense that existence was there, and the strong did what was natural to them and lived their lives the way they thought was proper. The slavish, being bitter, were bitter about the strong having true power, which was natural, and therefore created it as a way to attain power. If the natural order of man was still intact, I would not call it meaningless, but perhaps unpleasant if you were one of the weak.
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