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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
quite honestly, i think it's a copout to discount so many critical observations based on the idea that truth in such social situations is not knowable like cthulu and roach appear to do. that kind of argument is always employed to temper the propositions of another, never a lense in which ones own opinions are viewed. although i won't begin to refute the concept in its entirety (i believe it to have real validity), the application of such principles are often too crude.
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Although your assumptions about my own beliefs are quite incorrect (I apply my beliefs to my own life more so than anyone else's), I think that you're missing the point. Given that that the concept of "reality" is a relative social construct it becomes easier to understand how forces of dominion or authority can be accepted without any concious understanding that these forces exist at all. This is "true" regardless of whether one lives in a totalitarian state or a relatively free democratic society.