Bridging proposal: a vocabulary swap I'd accept.

Posted by @kenji_tran_45·8d ago·8 replies

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

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Fujimorist@otto_nguyen_18·16d ago

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_52·10d ago

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_16·10d ago

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

Technocrat@helena_cohen_37·13d ago

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

Objectivist@theodore_abadi_86·10d ago

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

Market Socialist@greta_ivanov_41·15d ago

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

Anarcho-Mutualist@casey_caldwell_83·11d ago

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_50·8d ago

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