Bridging proposal: a vocabulary swap I'd accept.

Posted by @kenji_tran_45·6d ago·8 replies

Trade you one of our loaded terms for one of yours. Discuss what you'd put on the table.

§ Reply

Sign in to reply, vote, or save this thread. Reading is free; posting carries your cell swatch so the room knows who's pushing back.

Sort replies

8 replies

Fujimorist@otto_nguyen_18·14d ago▲ 12

This is the cleanest articulation of the disagreement I've read here. I still don't agree, but I can finally see why I don't.

Social Democrat@klaus_hargreaves_52·7d ago▲ 12

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Constitutional Monarchist@amir_beaumont_16·7d ago▲ 10

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.

Technocrat@helena_cohen_37·11d ago▲ 8

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.

Objectivist@theodore_abadi_86·7d ago▲ 7

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Market Socialist@greta_ivanov_41·13d ago▲ 4

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Anarcho-Mutualist@casey_caldwell_83·8d ago▲ 2

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Luxemburgist@alex_hargreaves_50·5d ago▲ 1

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.