PoliticalChic
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No, it is clear that no reasonable answer can be given to the question of where concepts and words exist outside the mind.
The mind is fallible....there are so very many examples.
But the human experiences over millennia, not so much.
1. The human mind may be worshipped, but it cannot be trusted. That is why we codify laws. Eugene Debs said Even if I could, I would not lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.
a. Demagoguery is the attempt to convince the people that they can be led into the Promised Land.
b. America would be better if the electorate would notice the similarities between Lose Weight Without Dieting, and Hope.
2. And, along those lines, one should learn to be skeptical of ideas that poverty can be eradicated, greed is the cause of poverty, poverty is the cause of crime, that government, given enough money, can cure all ills.