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Objective truth exists, but words are conventions, not facts. You can have a factual argument about where a word came from or it's etymology, but you can't have a factual argument about what a word means. You might as well try to debate whether driving on the right hand side of the road is true or false.
The meaning of a word is a convention, and they change over time. Right now the word anarchy only holds the specific meaning you want it to, in the opinion of a handful of people. And the etymology is much broader.
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Objective truth exists, but words are conventions, not facts. You can have a factual argument about where a word came from or it's etymology, but you can't have a factual argument about what a word means. You might as well try to debate whether driving on the right hand side of the road is true or false.
The meaning of a word is a convention, and they change over time. Right now the word anarchy only holds the specific meaning you want it to, in the opinion of a handful of people. And the etymology is much broader.
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