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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by otikik on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:10PM (#36526027)
> Groups of people don't have guilt or automatic responsibility, only individuals do.

Then the words “accomplice”, “collaborator” and “facilitator” would not exist.

I believe countries, families and things in between can be guilty of stuff.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by sokoloff on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:26PM (#36526968)
“accomplice”, “collaborator” and “facilitator” are all singular nouns rather than collective nouns.
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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by Jcowell on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:55PM (#36528527)
Singular nouns can still refer to a group of people.

there’s only one United States of America but there country refers to the people that live in it.

“Italy was an accomplice to Nazi Germany during WW2”

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by throw10920 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:23PM (#36530153)
> I believe countries, families and things in between can be guilty of stuff.

Sure. When those things have internal organization and hierarchy and structures that lead to them making a consensus decision and acting as a whole, then yes, they can be "guilty" for some values of guilty.

Where's the decision-making system for all white people?

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