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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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5. I accept that...
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 07:30 PM
Jul 2013

...a subset of the communications between certain people equals an organization. I just don't see how it's valid to say that government doesn't exist. If government is an organization and organizations are composed of communication, then government is also composed of communications but not solely communications. Organizations have buildings and equipment and other property along with members that self-identify with that organization.

Rights are another matter. Certain rights are derived from the concept of the power and authority of the government arising from the consent of the governed and their being equal from the government's perspective. One person, one vote is such a right. Other rights like the right to life are attributes innate to humanity.

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An academic primer on ontological anarchism. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1
I'm not seeing... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #2
Organizations are made of communication. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #4
I accept that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #5
Government is not a quality of matter. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #6
Unless... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #7
The conversation is real, but its meaning is imaginary. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #8
As is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #9
I'm sorry, but solipsism does not appeal to me Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #10
That's fine, but neither the video nor I are advocating for solipsism. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #11
Oh really? Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #12
The animated cartoonist at hyper-speed style bothers me. delrem Jul 2013 #13
I am not sure how the Liar's Paradox applies here. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #14
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