I’m afraid I’m not really understanding what he’s getting at. It seems like some weird cross of superstition and social construct, but I’m not sure what makes it different from either of those things.
Also, I really hate 19th century prose for anything but fiction ;)
Social construct would be a more nuanced less derogatory modern term. ‘Bullshit we just made the fuck up’ is good too and a little closer to what he meant
The image is a bit of circular reasoning, as it’s very close to one of the definitions of what a state is.
But it’s good to be reminded of it once in a while.
I find that most people are not actually familiar with the definition of a state. And it helps remind just how brutally direct that definition is
Thats such a spook lul (Stirner quote)
This spook?
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-stirner-the-ego-and-his-own
I’m afraid I’m not really understanding what he’s getting at. It seems like some weird cross of superstition and social construct, but I’m not sure what makes it different from either of those things.
Also, I really hate 19th century prose for anything but fiction ;)
Social construct would be a more nuanced less derogatory modern term. ‘Bullshit we just made the fuck up’ is good too and a little closer to what he meant