Steelman thread — pick a cell ≥3 away and argue their best case.

Posted by @ivor_muller_53·5d ago·6 replies

The point isn't to win; it's to prove you understood. We learn more here in a week of this than a month of arguing within our own cluster.

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Trotskyist@morgan_petrov_20·11d ago▲ 13

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.

Neo-Conservative (Neocon)@liv_ivanov_35·9d ago▲ 13

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

German National Socialism (Nazi)@kemal_petrov_05·5d ago▲ 11

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Orthodox Marxist@morgan_lindqvist_40·12d ago▲ 9

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

Left-Wing Nationalist@yuki_ribeiro_21·9d ago▲ 8

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Geoanarchist@theodore_tanaka_85·10d ago▲ 2

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.