basically, the M/S dialectic (just gonna call it M/S, and nannu NN) is about two "self-consciousnesses" trying to have like...real self consciousness? ok this part is still blurry. but they are trying to assert that they are real things that exist side note to say...why must we get our sense of identity through validation of another. for hegel this either ends in a double murder or slavery!! maybe the answer to all this is to just be like descartes and derive our proof of our existence from ourselves