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This requires a view that "society" is some sort of organism. Not everyone holds this view. Some of us think that we're a collection of individuals agreeing onl
by thegrimmest 4y ago
This requires a view that "society" is some sort of organism. Not everyone holds this view. Some of us think that we're a collection of individuals agreeing only to resolve disputes nonviolently (read: coexist not cooperate). It's also immediately problematic. Who gets to steer this organism?
- pixl97 4y agoIt is very weird that we think of ourselves as individuals, and not at minimum a part of some small collective. Those people ignore all evolutionary history that we didn't develop as individuals at all.
- pphysch 4y agoBy that reasoning, you are a collection of cells individually agreeing to coexist. If you are an organism/individual/ensouled being, then a society can be as well. > Who gets to steer this organism? It suggests the importance of a central nervous system (e.g. government).