• BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    truth=facts. facts are objective. it’s a fact that the USA is a country in north America. there is no disputing that.

    the notion that the USA is a good place to live is not a fact, it’s a subjective opinion

    • MrSmith@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      A fact is something that can be proven.

      “I love my wife” is the truth, but it’s not a fact, since we can’t really measure “love”.

    • Lena@gregtech.eu
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      5 hours ago

      What if someone doesn’t recognize it as a country? Or what if they believe that there’s no north america, that there’s only one american continent?

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        In the first case, they’re simply wrong, a country is a country. We might disagree on whether it is a sovereign state and worthy of establishing diplomatic ties. In the second case, they’ll have to agree that the America continent has a part that is closer to the pole that a compass points to.