You keep saying that word… I don’t think it means what you think it does.
Pretend, something that isn’t what it is being represented to be. E.g. imaginary.
Just because people collectively agree on things doesn’t make it pretend.
Money doesn’t have value because we pretend it does, but rather because we believe it does. Because we trust that it does.
And yes, there is a difference.
On a more real note, it also has value because everyone else trusts that it does. All those other countries. And no, they are not countries because we pretend that they are. They’re countries because we recognize their authority over their territory, and their citizens recognize the authority of their government.
So why do we recognize authority? Because of means to enforce it.
There’s no pretend going on. The consequences will be very real.
You keep saying that word… I don’t think it means what you think it does.
Pretend, something that isn’t what it is being represented to be. E.g. imaginary.
Just because people collectively agree on things doesn’t make it pretend.
Money doesn’t have value because we pretend it does, but rather because we believe it does. Because we trust that it does.
And yes, there is a difference.
On a more real note, it also has value because everyone else trusts that it does. All those other countries. And no, they are not countries because we pretend that they are. They’re countries because we recognize their authority over their territory, and their citizens recognize the authority of their government.
So why do we recognize authority? Because of means to enforce it.
There’s no pretend going on. The consequences will be very real.