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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The idea that "things don't exist when we stop believing in them" is something that most of us outgrow at an early age.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Object permanence applies to tangible objects, basically things explained by physics and constituted from energy.

A nation is a construct of collective imagination, much like religion and economics.

National patriotism is a religion which worships dirt.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

This guy gets it.