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I acknowledge collectives. I did so. I disagree in how collectives should be percieved and treated. Arbitrary collectives, mental groupings based on shared criteria, should be treated as merely cognitive tools to refer to a group more easily, and not as if they united the parts in any way. Collectives which are united, like a group that wants to be referred to by a single name, Coca-Cola Corporation for instance, can be treated like a single object because they formed themselves into one and can leave at any time and become unrelated individuals once again. Participation in collectives of people should be voluntary unless the idea of all people being equal was repealed and I didn't hear about it. If all people are equal you have no more authority to say that someone is in a collective than they do when saying they are not. If you say they're part, and they say they're part, you can act like they're part of a collective. If they say they're not part, and you say they are, it's a he-said-she-said and neither has inherent authority to enforce their perception on the other because all people are equal, right?
American, yes. Flat out broke. Living in the ghetto, stealing wifi. Looking for a second job, but nobody is hiring. In debt $1000. Do not own car. Rent with roomate. A minimum wage increase will probably get me fired from my current job.