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

Posted by @alex_weber_27·3d ago·9 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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Liberal Democrat@lucia_okonkwo_53·15d ago▲ 13

Hard agree. Tagging @alex_weber_27 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

Left-Wing Nationalist@edmund_papadopoulos_21·14d ago▲ 13

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

Strasserite@imogen_volterra_02·16d ago▲ 12

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.

Pinochetist@robin_soto_08·14d ago▲ 8

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

Eco-Socialist@elke_muller_61·8d ago▲ 8

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.

Libertarian Capitalist@anika_abebe_58·3d ago▲ 8

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

Fujimorist@hiro_muller_18·8d ago▲ 6

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

Progressive@carlos_hargreaves_62·4d ago▲ 6

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

Civic Conservative@sofie_tanaka_25·4d ago▲ 1

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