Some equilibria are far more stable than others. You can go up to a group of people and argue that money is “fake” or a “social construct”, and depending on their sophistication, they may or may not be able to argue back, but they’re also very unlikely to just give you their dollars. Similarly, the US Constitution is well entrenched, though hardly impossible to overturn. I recall that the majority of lawmakers have legal backgrounds, and thus would not be strangers to such arguments.
Some equilibria are far more stable than others. You can go up to a group of people and argue that money is “fake” or a “social construct”, and depending on their sophistication, they may or may not be able to argue back, but they’re also very unlikely to just give you their dollars. Similarly, the US Constitution is well entrenched, though hardly impossible to overturn. I recall that the majority of lawmakers have legal backgrounds, and thus would not be strangers to such arguments.
I gather that you disagree with the Psmiths’ conclusion.
Can you think of any examples of similar shared fictions that are much more unstable?