Egoists are not egotists. Recognizing both our (collective) epistemological short-comings and the generally temporal nature of things (everything from the state as a political body to the state of matter itself) the egoist conceives of their Will to Power and pursues it. Knowing that it may be illusory and also knowing that such a thing is of no consequence.

Weaker men will cling to their vain desire for immortality. Pursuing “a better future” via God and government… Reason, civility, their ancestors (in the case of fascists) and whatever forms they may take and by whatever means. Those who must affirm their existence out of primal fear are ironically, doomed to the very end they try over and over again to tear themselves away from. There is no Creative Nothing for them. Just nothingness.