But what is reality? I believe that there is no objective reality but everyone has a subjective reality of their own. In other words, each individual's conceptualization constitutes the external (collective) yet still subjective reality.
And opinions can be shaped by the powerful. The subjective manipulated by the external. In the extreme case of 1984 for example, the reality is indeed that of the big brother delivered through the telescreen.
July 9 2015 - struggling so much with my dissertation you can't believe