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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Identity is not "manufactured" in a vacuum, it is constructed by a living society.

    Just as the individual chooses what to forget and what to remember when constructing their identity - likewise the society of which they are a part.
    Correct, but that is exactly what I am meaning.

    From what it appears from your view, Society implies some sort of super-authority for being correct, however society is very much influenced by the media and the resources around us and if anything, the minority.

    Using your own example, people tend to forget about how it is Scotland which wanted the union with England and how it was a Scottish King upon joint thrones, it simply does not fit the political agenda of those such as the SNP or those with grievances against Westminster, who overplay the time of Edward Longshanks and a certain Mel Gibson movie. It is the efforts of the vocal minority which pushes these concepts upon a far more passive-majority.

    So whilst you are suggesting there is a somewhat overarching majority which stifles those of the minority, it is the opposite, it is the minority which stifles those of the majority and shifts its position.

    Though to counter your friend, this is not an opinion based or rooted by indoctrination,. This is a more an objective view with in light with the psychological process works.
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