The tone might have been better, but it's a valid argument that I have heard in conversations in person. Unlike football physics, society is a much more complex

The tone might have been better, but it's a valid argument that I have heard in conversations in person. Unlike football physics, society is a much more complex system and it's really hard to play what-if scenarios with any confidence about it. In society usually there are many forces acting in opposing directions and the outcome depends on how strong they are, which is a quantitative difference we currently have no way of estimating.