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    It is not the case that A potential for sharing is ontologically distinct from actual sharing: a locked manuscript shared with no one remains unshared despite being written in a public language.

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    • 1.The manuscript's existence in a public language already instantiates sharing with the linguistic community that created and maintains it.
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    • 2.Potentiality is ontologically real in most metaphysical frameworks; distinguishing it from actuality doesn't establish separate orders of being.
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    • 3.If sharing requires actualization, then all potential actions lose ontological status—but potentiality grounds ethics, intention, and responsibility.
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    • 1.Sharing requires an actual relational event between parties, not mere capability. Potential differs fundamentally from realized states.
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    • 2.A locked manuscript exhibits zero causal effects typical of sharing: no minds changed, no understanding transferred, no social bond formed.
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    • 3.Language being public enables sharing but doesn't constitute it. A tool's availability differs from its use in a specific transaction.
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