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[–] NutWrench 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The idea that "things don't exist when we stop believing in them" is something that most of us outgrow at an early age.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Object permanence applies to tangible objects, basically things explained by physics and constituted from energy.

A nation is a construct of collective imagination, much like religion and economics.

National patriotism is a religion which worships dirt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

This guy gets it.