• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

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

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        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.

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      If no one believes or identifies with a nation, that nation will cease to exist.

      Don’t threaten me with a good time