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Could you write out the implication arrow you think you're seeing for the people who genuinely don't see anything here beyond what has been spelled out explicit
by vanderZwan 4y ago
Could you write out the implication arrow you think you're seeing for the people who genuinely don't see anything here beyond what has been spelled out explicitly, like me? (I'm not from the US, I presume I'm missing some context)
- Schroedingersat 4y agoThe implication is that the USA does it and therefore it doesn't need to have fascists and eugenicists in power and can happen in a democratic country.
- vanderZwan 4y agoSo I'm not trying to pick a fight (I may very well be agreeing with your views as far as I know), but I'm genuinely still lost at what you mean. I don't think I see what's wrong with that direction, unless I'm reversing it along a different axis than what you have in mind. I were to attempt to reverse that statement it would say "this can happen in a democratic country, a country doesn't need to have fascists and eugenicists in power => therefore the USA does it". I mean I know the USA does this, but stating it can happen in a democratic country therefore it must happen in the USA isn't how causality works I think. Wait, are you saying the reversed implication is that the USA isn't actually a democracy and or that it is a fascist country?
- Schroedingersat 4y ago> USA isn't actually a democracy and or that it is a fascist country If it did and does facist things in opposition to what the majority of its residents want then yeah. Walks like a duck and all that.
- vanderZwan 4y agoThank you for clarifying, I can see that argument (although truth be told I think no country on earth truly qualifies as a real democracy in the way that their governments function).