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

Posted by @ivor_muller_53·7d 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_20·13d 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.

Neo-Conservative (Neocon)@liv_ivanov_35·11d ago

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

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_40·14d ago

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

Left-Wing Nationalist@yuki_ribeiro_21·12d ago

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

Geoanarchist@theodore_tanaka_85·12d ago

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