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> Do birds or dogs recognise such things? Birds and dogs also don't recognize mirrors (or windows, in the case of birds), so this probably isn't the standard y
by woodruffw 3y ago
> Do birds or dogs recognise such things?
Birds and dogs also don't recognize mirrors (or windows, in the case of birds), so this probably isn't the standard you mean to apply :-)
Whether or not states are "real" things is probably the wrong question: what matters is whether they're efficacious, which they are.
- verisimi 3y agoSo an efficacious fantasy is fine? What's so efficacious about a country? Mirrors and windows are specific examples of things that trick the eye, even the human eye. If glass is clear, or a mirror is in an unexpected place, humans are just as capable of making an error as any creature.
- krapp 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence
- woodruffw 3y agoI don’t think reality owes you the right to not make errors. That’s your responsibility as a thinking creature. “Fantasy” is an editorialization. What makes a state efficacious is the fact that we’re all living in some form of one, and are able to talk intelligibly about them.