tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5217650371821127127..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Divide is Class, and the Status Derived from itFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-53054843126220920032020-10-03T12:15:33.886-04:002020-10-03T12:15:33.886-04:00I'm doubtful about the utility of collective-s...I'm doubtful about the utility of collective-speak, particularly when applied to generations - as if (for example) all Boomers think alike, or do all the same things.<br /><br />"Society is a collective concept and nothing else; it is a convenience for designating a number of people. So, too, is family or crowd or gang, or any other name we give to an agglomeration of persons. Society... is not an extra "person"... The whole has no separate existence. Using the collective noun with a singular verb leads us into a trap of the imagination; we are prone to personalize the collectivity and to think of it as having a body and a psyche of its own."<br />-- Frank ChodorovPaul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.com