What's always so fishy about collective truths?

Question:Because every school of collectivists smells rotten.
Doesn't matter what kind of collectivism is being taught, it's still just sharks looking for people submissive enough to take the bait of giving up individual responsibility for the safety of the group.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Because every school of collectivists smells rotten.
Doesn't matter what kind of collectivism is being taught, it's still just sharks looking for people submissive enough to take the bait of giving up individual responsibility for the safety of the group.

Depends if your a physicist or a sociologist.

It may not be defended well ,as no one will sourly take responsibility of the statement fully
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You should explain your question further. However, I find the fact that "collective truths" are only part of the larger truth and therefore incomplete. We'll NEVER know the full truth in our purpose or even something as simple as government. There are just somethings better left alone, I guess.

Because it depends on the collective

That they may turnout to be little white lies. So be careful in what you wish for, because the truth will always come back to haunt you in the end. ( Reality ) In the book The Old Man and the Sea gives us a good synopsis in regards to this.

Because still no one knows what truth is.

Perhaps the idea is that paradigm or popular opinion equals truth does not pluck your logic chord.

Don't worry, it doesn't do much for mine either.

One of my favorite terms is consensus reality. I like it because it identifies reality as what it is, a set of collective beliefs or so-called truths or worse no more than a popular fantasy.

Love and blessings Don

...they often sponsor dictators with selfish motives to exploit such "truths"

"Shura" is the "collective truth" of Islam. It may be the epitome of how such a "truth" can affect a civilization. Shura has kept Islam in the dark, scientifically speaking, until very recently. The Arabs translated and knew quite well what Aristotle's philosophy was, long before Thomas Aquinas rediscovered it for the West; yet the Arab world did not think enough of Aristotle's science to incorporate it into their own philosophy, as the West did instantly. Shura apparently prevented it, as I have yet to find any other reason for them to have ignored what Aristotle taught.