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Originally Posted by Martian
I really don't know where this idea that something which doesn't exist outside of a social construct must not exist at all comes from.
It's baffling.
And demonstrably false.
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Indeed. We're now into ontology.
Real is not a synonym for "tangible". That a thing exists only in our agreement that it exists in no way makes it not-real.
The preacher (or someone else with the socially/legally granted authority) says "I now pronounce you man and wife", and your marriage is real. It wasn't the moment before that got said, and the minute that got said, it is. You can say "well, those are just words, there's nothing 'real' about marriage". But you ever try to get out of one?