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  • balderdash@lemmy.zipOPtomemes@lemmy.worldThis shit is getting ridiculous
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    11 days ago

    I never said we should have zero debt, that’s a strawman. Most economist recommend a moderate amount of debt due to various positive effects (some of which you mention). So the real disagreement comes here:

    It’s all connected and that’s why running a deficit, a (relatively) small one, is a good thing.

    The implication being that you think the U.S. has a (relatively) small amount of debt. Now, I am willing to be convinced otherwise, but I do not think that the U.S. currently has a small amount of debt. Our debt to GDP ratio is higher than other developed nations, which is concerning.

    I do concede that we aren’t in danger of a debt crisis on the scale of Greece or Sri Lanka. But ~$34 Trillion in debt needs to be part of the discussion when we keep praising the economy.








  • balderdash@lemmy.ziptoMemes@sopuli.xyzChad Diogenes
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    3 months ago

    The argument makes less sense outside of it’s context. Moore was responding to the skeptical position that we’re all in a simulation. Moore argues that this skeptical argument undermines itself: all of the language, terms and concepts which form the simulation argument are based on the sensory experience that the argument would effectively dismiss. Furthermore, any argument that we’re in a simulation is epistemologically on a par with the argument that we’re not. Therefore we should have less confidence in the skeptical argument than the common sense conclusion that we have hands.


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    3 months ago

    Reminds me of the G.E. Moore epistemological argument against universal skepticism:

    • Here is one hand,
    • And here is another.
    • There are at least two external objects in the world.
    • Therefore, an external world exists.

    Philosophy sometimes goes so far that an appeal to common sense is a breath of fresh air.