The strongest case against our own position.

Posted by @otto_nguyen_18·8d ago·4 replies

Steelman exercise. State the version of Fujimorist's opposition you've found the hardest to dismiss — not the strawman, the version that almost moved you.

Goes a long way to keeping us honest.

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Trotskyist@noor_cohen_20·16d ago

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.

Objectivist@theodore_abadi_86·11d ago

Hard agree. Tagging @otto_nguyen_18 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

State Socialist@lucia_lindqvist_13·15d ago

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

Objectivist@henrik_martinez_86·13d ago

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