Kuala Lampur, April 26 -- We usually explain crime in familiar ways such as poverty, opportunity, peer pressure. But there is a deeper issue we are not talking about enough: what happens when people stop believing that anything matters.

This is where nihilism becomes important.

Nihilism is not just a philosophical idea. It reflects a condition where meaning, value, and moral limits begin to fade. When people no longer see life as valuable or rules as binding, the internal barriers that prevent harm weaken. Crime does not just become easier to commit; it becomes easier to justify.

We are already seeing this in practice. In scams, victims are reduced to numbers. Retirees losing their life savings to phone scams, or young Malaysians recru...