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[quote user="Eric080"]I believe things like the "Constitution" certainly exist as a concept.[/quote] I don't think I have argued against this. They are a delusional concept. [quote user="Eric080"]Whether it has any forceful effect on citizens is left for the citizens to decide.[/quote] There are no citizens. [quote
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[quote user="John James"]Can you define them individually please?[/quote] I don't believe they exist, so how about one of the believers define them for us?
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[quote user="Neodoxy"]If an individual believes that god exists then sure, he exists in your reality, this doesn't mean that he exists in mine. If person X is good in my mind and my reality this does not mean that he will be a good man in yours.[/quote] So there are multiple realities? Does it matter at all if there is a God, or does it
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[quote user="Laotzu del Zinn"]Funnily enough, I thought it was indisputable that the 17-1800s did not see rise in the living standards of the common person.[/quote] Indisputable based on which facts?
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[quote user="Neodoxy"]There is no set reality, all that matters is the individual's take upon reality.[/quote] So you're saying perception is reality? If someone believe 2 +2 = 5, then it is? Does God exist because people believe in him? [quote user="Neodoxy"]To most people there is an individual who they believe exists who
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[quote user="z1235"]A non-existent President that nukes Hiroshima and Nagasaki[/quote] The title of President, and the office it derives its power from is a delusion. Avoid a fallacy of composition.
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[quote user="z1235"]"False" as "not real" or "non existent" like, say, unicorns or Santa?[/quote] Exactly. Like unicorns. [quote user="z1235"]Btw, I've read Spooner, too, and quite enjoyed it.[/quote] You and I aren't far apart on much.
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[quote user="Amadeus"]But isn't the perception of something false subjective?[/quote] Would that imply that there is no reality?
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[quote user="Lagrange multiplier"][quote user="liberty student"]there is no US government[/quote] Great! Our work is done![/quote] Actually, Lysander Spooner did it. I am just summarizing his work. You have of course read Spooner right? Ron Paul and I have.
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[quote user="AJ"]At this level, the fact that most people prefer not to be homeless is an objective one, even though all those people's preferences are subjective[/quote] The question isn't whether people prefer homes, it is in a world of scarcity, how much home, and how much they prefer it determines how the structure of production