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Claiming lofty ideology is not useful because those policies never exist in real life

• catach 4y ago
  Increased precision in base concepts makes it easier to measure and reason about the real-world drift from those bases.
  • feet 4y ago
    That's assuming that those bases are even the goal for the people implementing the policies, which I am not convinced is the case in the US. If that is not the assumption then we can just make arbitrary claims about anything and calculate "drift"
    • catach 4y ago
      I'm looking at this from an economics study view, not a public policy view. Definitions have an inherently arbitrary component, sure. But stable, precise definitions are far easier to reason with than a shifting definition like "whatever the US is doing right now".
      • feet 4y ago
        The study of economics is not exactly known for its rigor, I'm not sure how much value that has
        • catach 4y ago
          Gotta start somewhere.
          • feet 4y ago
            Do you think capitalism can exist without policy and regulation?