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It's a simple world view (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] HardNut 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Instead of berating him for not leaving a robust enough comment for your taste, why don't you ask for more information? Calling capitalists uninformed or rent seekers is way more unfair than alluding to historical or economic evidence to the contrary. The latter clearly leaves itself more open to good faith discourse, getting nothing out of it has simply been a failure on your part

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The very first thing they said was "what history? What economics?" - so yeah, they've asked for information.

[–] HardNut 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't strip away context, this is what he said:

What history? What economics? Vague gesturing and feigning superiority without actually saying anything is peak.

Those are clearly rhetorical questions, his comment was an accusation of feigning superiority. His comment encouraged the other guy to be defensive instead of opening up about his ideas. If he wanted information, then he's doing it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I'm not removing context at all. And if anything, the extended quote only further makes my point - it isn't only an accusation of feigned superiority, is it? It's also an accusation of vague gesturing without substance. Thus, out of 5 statements, 4 are directly about the fact they didn't really say anything, and 2 are requests for them to elaborate.