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alexpetralia on March 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is money, anyway?

I think of this rather as "consensus truth" - and far more of reality is consensus truth than we often recognize!

fellow_human on March 28, 2022 [–]

I think "social construct" is the term you're looking for and yes every culture on earth relies on social constructs to navigate reality.

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