• MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca
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              you

              /yo͞o,yə/

              pronoun

              used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing.

              “are you listening?”

              He was referring to them collectively. In English, “you” can refer to one person or a group of people.

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                  “But the plain fact is that each of you has some time ago crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change, bound neither by the principles of democracy nor the rule of law.

                  YOU have appointed yourselves as the SOLE arbiters of…

                  YOU is collection. The collective have appointed themselves the sole arbiters of…

                  Do you understand now?

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                    dude, you’re the one who came in here asking questions. as soon as you decide that you understand, the conversation will be over. unless you were being disingenuous and pretending to ask questions when you were actually trying to make a point