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Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere
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I would guess that you have no education in logic. If you did, you would realize that your attempt to discredit his thoughts on the current economic situation is a petty ad hominem attack based on credentialism.
If you think he's not worth arguing with, then don't argue. If you're going to argue, argue the substance of his statements rather than speculate on his education. Anything else makes YOU appear ignorant.
I should add that I'm not a free market purist. I think the world is a very complicated place and most simplistic views are useful only for sounding smug over drinks. Unfettered free markets have already been tried. They look a whole lot like feudalism and life is just as hard in a company town as it is in a peasant village.
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And I would agree with you completely. It is such a vastly complicated subject that no human being on this planet can claim to have any real grasp on how to fix a fundamental problem with the economy by simple actions alone.
The person that I quoted above is a shining example of such a person. Someone who thinks that their common sense economics theory is in any way realistic or accurate. Anyone who makes even a meager attempt to study the subject will feel utterly humbled and never make a response like that, which is why I made my assumption about his education.
08-28-2010, 10:42 AM
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