The transcendental self is not the empirical person, Kant argues, though confusion of the two is a reliable anthropological fact. ...
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@anomalyuk Sovereignty operates at a higher level than (empirical, 'secondary') property. The Mandate of Heaven bestows it. -
@Outsideness a sovereign must retain the Mandate of Heaven as a pilot must maintain smooth airflow over the wings. -
@anomalyuk I'm not sure how helpful that analogy is. Surfing history involves accommodation to vastly more intricate and dynamic realities. -
@anomalyuk ... A pilot who is humble before the winds is admirable. A king who is not humble before history is simply an idiot.
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@Outsideness a CEO of a joint-stock company is by definition an agent, a representative, as is the CEO of a joint-stock sovcorp -
@Outsideness the incohateness of sovereignty in the modern state is a bug to be fixed, not a mystery to be solved -
@anomalyuk 'Mysteries' are perhaps insoluble. But sovereignty (and, indeed, property) remain inadequately grounded concepts. ... -
@anomalyuk ... Abstract cryptography looks set to resolve, practically, what philosophy and political economy have failed to. -
@Outsideness the point of formalism is that sovereignty is visible & indisputable. Cryptography provides otherwise unattainable flexibility -
@anomalyuk Fnargl-level 'indisputable' sovereignty belongs only among the angels. -
@Outsideness perfection is to be approached,not achieved. The realistic aim is institutions & political formula that minimise disputability. -
@anomalyuk Yes, private keys (which leave nothing to argue about). - 1 more reply
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