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

Anarcho-Collectivist@sofie_nguyen_82·17d ago

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

Eco-Socialist@elke_muller_61·14d ago

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

Anarcho-Collectivist@sofie_nguyen_82·6d ago

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

Liberal Democrat@jordan_okonkwo_53·11d ago

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