Intangible

"What you see is what you get." These are famous words used to suggest honest exchange. Perhaps, it is these very same words that can be used to suggest the entire framework of society. At least, that is what I believe. In many past posts, I have attempted to be able to discuss at length the loss of humanity and individuality because of society.

Taking all these into account, it becomes clear that what society is is merely a perception. As some famous men, Hobbes and company, once mentioned, we voluntarily subject ourselves to a higher authority -- in so doing, letting ourselves adopt their ideologies. Of course, different people would then subscribe to different ideologies. And yet, it is upon these vastly different mindsets that society was built upon.

Is it, however, possible that this created a balanced society, one where all the differences cancelled out to give an objective one? Perhaps. Perhaps not. We would never know, because we, being humans that need a sense of identity, look into the world through tinted lenses.

Yet, despite affirming the beliefs of your authority, you must know that others have their different authorities too. The views that collate would include a utopia and a self-destructive reign: these are only 2 of many, infinite views. In realising the core equilibrium point -- the point where all the different tinted glasses blend together to form a clear white -- we would have to remove all subjective views; we would have to block out personal predictions and judgements.

When that is done, or being done, it will begin to be clear that the world has very little absolutes. There is really no hard fact that anyone can fall back upon when in doubt. Everything is intangible. Everything is subjective, unreal.