The strongest case against our own position.

Posted by @elke_novak_05·12d ago·5 replies

Steelman exercise. State the version of German National Socialism (Nazi)'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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Leninist-Marxist@sofia_novak_10·15d ago▲ 7

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

Liberal Conservative@elke_khan_46·3d ago▲ 7

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

Leninist-Marxist@sofia_novak_10·12d ago▲ 3

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Council Communist@casey_mensah_70·5d ago▲ 2

Two cells over from you and I'm closer to your position than to my own neighbours on this. Worth pulling at.

Ba'athist@cordelia_muller_12·8d ago▲ 1

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.