this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
517 points (99.1% liked)
Political Memes
12033 readers
1857 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
1) Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
2) No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
3) Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
4) No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
5) No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
How do you handle disputes?
You talk with the other person and come to an understanding. Or both of you agree to ask another member of the community to arbitrate. Or you bring it up at the next community meeting. There are several ways to end a dispute that doesn't require a government.
What if I hate talking? Can I get someone else to do it for me?
And if the other person/party does not agree to settle things peacefully/diplomatically?
How would you want it to be handled if that happened?
That's why you bring it up to the community, so it can be addressed collectively. The guiding principle being An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Sounds an awful lot like a state...
No? A collective isn't hierarchical, a state is. Profoundly different institutional structures.
You don't know what a state is then.
Enlightened us please.
State, noun: 4a. a body of persons constituting a special class in a society
Asking the entire community to address a situation is not a special class
What does the "4a" part signify?
There are several dictionary definitions of the word "state". This is the definition I'm using.
There's other definitions?
... Yes. Do I really need to state the potential states of the word state for you?
It'd be nice if you didn't cherry pick the exact one that fits your argument, when there's very obviously other definitions that support the person you're arguing with. So yes, I guess I do need that.
I didn't cherry pick anything. I used the word as defined in the dictionary. When you use a word that has multiple different definitions, you select a definition for that usage. That's how language works.
A scientist talking about states of matter doesn't use every possible definition, nor do they cherry pick a definition. They use 1 of multiple definitions.
So you picked the exact version of the definition which supports you argument, in favor of the more appropriate definitions which are right there for you to see, which don't support your argument. But you're not cherry picking. If I ask you how that's not literally cherry picking will you respond with
Definition of the word state
There are 8 definitions of the noun and 2 definitions of the verb.
In the sentence "abolish the state", which definition is best? I would posit 4a fits best. That is how I use the word in a political context. Based on context clues, you assumed I was using the more broad 5a.
Just because you're operating under a different assumption doesn't make it cherry picking