MTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-219 hours agoJapanese Precision & Accuracylemmy.worldimagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1870arrow-down115
arrow-up1855arrow-down1imageJapanese Precision & Accuracylemmy.worldMTZ@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-219 hours agomessage-square119linkfedilink
minus-squarespeckofrust@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 hours agoI fully agree with you, but add the additional point that countries are fictions as well.
minus-squareMoose Winooski@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoWhile we’re on the topic, borders are very fictitious.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoCountries have leaders, cultures, and history. They’re at least as real is this web forum we’re communicating on is.
minus-squarespeckofrust@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI’ll give you this; historically, they’re at least as real as the concept of whiteness. https://theconversation.com/whiteness-is-an-invented-concept-that-has-been-used-as-a-tool-of-oppression-183387
I fully agree with you, but add the additional point that countries are fictions as well.
While we’re on the topic, borders are very fictitious.
Countries have leaders, cultures, and history. They’re at least as real is this web forum we’re communicating on is.
I’ll give you this; historically, they’re at least as real as the concept of whiteness.
https://theconversation.com/whiteness-is-an-invented-concept-that-has-been-used-as-a-tool-of-oppression-183387