I think I see where the misunderstanding comes from!
I did not mean to say that you, as an individual, can disappear the grocery store by ceasing to believe in it, any less than you can wish away a recession by choosing not to believe in it.
These social constructions (recession, manager, grocery store) are the product of the belief of a majority of the relevant people. One person believing this way or that way changes nothing. Only when most people stop believing do we see change.
Slavery is a great example of a type of social relationship that ends when people stop believing in it.
This goes for the recession just as well as the other examples I gave.
I did not mean to say that you, as an individual, can disappear the grocery store by ceasing to believe in it, any less than you can wish away a recession by choosing not to believe in it.
These social constructions (recession, manager, grocery store) are the product of the belief of a majority of the relevant people. One person believing this way or that way changes nothing. Only when most people stop believing do we see change.
Slavery is a great example of a type of social relationship that ends when people stop believing in it.
This goes for the recession just as well as the other examples I gave.