• Soup@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    The Cleopatra quote is talking about individuals; Individuals which we know make up a group, but individuals nonetheless.

    “Anyone” is a similar concept. You talk about a single person(it’s right there in the word) and apply that condition to however many people. An example in a group of all men would be “anyone may leave the room if he so chooses” and even though it sounds weird, because we heavily favour the singular they, it absolutely works.

    This has strong “everything is a conspiracy when you don’t understand how anything works” vibes. Your lack of understanding shouldn’t have to be everyone else’s problem.