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Philosophically it isn’t reality.

Posted on: January 2, 2025 at 15:17:28 CT

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existence that is absolute, self-sufficient, or objective, and not subject to human decisions or conventions.

But yes, in the common usage of the word, it is a reality.

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Convincing people to believe in the myth of government. - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 14:03:41

Ha ha ha ha ha . Preposterous(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/2 22:10:32

^^^Blind man living in a cave. Do you believe “all men are - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 22:35:10

Yes(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/3 05:45:57

Politicians are mostly attorneys, they tell you whatever you - MU-TULSA MU - 1/2 18:31:15

Then why are all you guys cowards to the myth?(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 1/2 18:29:03

Cowards? Wouldn’t that be those who buy into the myth, who - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:53:18

I'd like to hear how you opt out of the myth? Don't pay - MUTGR MU - 1/2 20:57:32

Coercion prevents opting out. The southern states tried - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 22:12:48

A+ on your paper kid. - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 1/2 16:56:19

Nm - hokie VT - 1/2 17:25:00

Correction: Government is reality, but it is bought into - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 15:08:30

it’s a construct (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/2 16:45:06

so is anarchy (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 16:45:39

no. anarchy is the absence of a ruler - pickle MU

- 1/2 16:47:25

Yes it is - mizzouSECedes STL - 1/3 10:14:34

lol no (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/4 19:18:45

Seems like it is, because throughout human history, - MUTGR MU - 1/2 22:10:32

RE: Seems like it is, because throughout human history, - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/2 23:45:04

lmfao, I know what anarchy is, and it's a construct just - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 18:11:23

Correct, it's a concept without empirical evidence (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 1/3 10:15:35

no (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/2 19:37:44

lol (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 20:41:33

Wrong.(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:32:18

lol (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 20:41:23

Is presence of a ruler a construct? (nm) - haeffb MU - 1/2 17:26:12

Yes. (nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:32:33

What is 'democracy'? Is it a concept? - Spanky KU - 1/2 16:53:11

Of course it is.(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:25:37

RE: What is 'democracy'? Is it a concept? - sarasotatiger MU - 1/2 17:57:15

Then why aren’t you informing pickle that anarchy - Spanky KU - 1/2 21:08:51

Anarchy isn’t a concept.(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 22:14:30

Sure it is pickle(nm) - Spanky KU - 1/2 23:07:22

It isn’t. Humanity didn’t start with governments. They were - TigerMatt KC - 1/3 09:04:26

Nearly every group of humans had a hierarchy and a leader - Spanky KU - 1/3 09:44:13

Philosophically it isn’t reality. - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 15:17:28

this thread and the concept in the OP is uninteresting - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 15:40:22

Agreed(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/2 15:08:47

that is one odd take ... - tmcats KSU - 1/2 14:38:57

that’s because you’re stupid (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/2 16:45:34

Yes. It is a myth. It is a concept of the mind, not - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 14:59:54

There is a difference - sks MU - 1/2 15:47:51

A myth is man made. Florida is a fiction. It’s border - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 16:20:42

A myth is only man-made - mizzouSECedes STL - 1/3 10:17:47

RE: A myth is man made. Florida is a fiction. It’s border - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/2 23:53:02

Negotiations happen all the time without force. You’ve - TigerMatt KC - 1/3 09:03:22

anarchy is a myth, per your definition. I don't know why - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 16:41:22

Anarchy isn’t a myth. Within anarchy, people can come up - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:31:43

and the concepts they come up with will be - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 20:42:33

Yes, as I already stated.(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 22:13:26

nothing in your answer has anything to do with myth or - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 20:42:03

Anarchy has nothing to do with myth. It’s the default - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 22:28:26

RE: Anarchy has nothing to do with myth. It’s the default - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/2 23:54:42

No one is born believing in government or a god. They - TigerMatt KC - 1/3 09:02:27

anarchy isn’t a myth (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/2 16:46:03

it is per PlatoMatt, pickle. Follow the thread (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 18:12:03

correct; and using MattPlato's logic, anarchy isn't real - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 16:09:33

Anarchy is the natural state before man establishes - Seagull MU - 1/2 17:01:45

lol, it's just a philosophical construct and isn't "real", - 90Tiger STL - 1/2 18:12:59

that’s not correct (nm) - pickle MU

- 1/2 16:46:34

original thoughts or from another ?(nm) - tman MU - 1/2 14:33:50

It’s a summary. (nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 15:01:03

taken from another with no credit. you should at least - tman MU - 1/2 15:19:18

There is no link. But you can start with Plato’s Republic.(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 15:32:37

well more of delusional rambling than thought - JG A - 1/2 14:43:55

It’s only been covered repeatedly over the past 2500 - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 15:01:54

so been dismissed for 2500 years by - JG A - 1/2 16:24:40

Actually it hasn’t been dismissed. That is why throughout - TigerMatt KC - 1/2 19:34:33

RE: Actually it hasn’t been dismissed. That is why throughout - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/2 23:58:40

HOW DARE HE TALK ABOUT MUH GUBMINT LIKE THAT!!! (nm) - MIZ45 KC - 1/2 14:52:06