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- politics@lemmy.world
The Good Guys™ doing as expected, nothing to see here.
Ah, yes, this is the part where I get to feel embarrassed about my nationality because our politics sometimes completely lack any nuance whatsoever and it’s fucking stupid :(
Don’t feel embarrassed. Nations are social constructs and just lines on a map.
Its not just embarrassment we should feel. Arbitrary constructs are still capable of creating massive unneccessary human tragedy, repeatedly.
Even nihilism teachs that no structures are permanent, not that none are important or have impact for a time
You could say that about a lot of things, but that doesnt make them any less real.
It makes them, not real. We allow nations. We could easily create a world without nations and borders. Dare to dream.
Sure! Its just a point about semantics. Apples and planes and tables and chairs are all constructs, but theyre also very real. Just like nations, borders and ideas.
Material versus immaterial. A chair 🪑 is a material object. It’s physical. Nations and borders are ideas that have no physical material. If I walk to the border if my “nation” there is no material dashed line representing the border. There’s a river. Intro to philosophy should be taught in schools.
This isnt a discussion about the materiality of things. Its about whether or not theyre real.
If you can’t understand me, we can’t communicate.
Why should there be a pause? To let Hamas gather even more hostages from the people of Gaza? Seems like a terrible idea.
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