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It seems quite possible that she meant it as a thought experiment, but that other people, when they heard it, thought yeah that's how it will go down, turning i
by im3w1l 3y ago
It seems quite possible that she meant it as a thought experiment, but that other people, when they heard it, thought yeah that's how it will go down, turning it into a prediction, not her prediction exactly, but a prediction.
- MrOwnPut 3y agoOr her essay was actually about what it's title and content literally said and the "thought experiment" line was a pitiful backpedal. I mean, everything you write is a "thought experiment", that doesn't mean you are immune to the responses to the content. For example, if you wrote something really racist and then got backlash, could you just claim it was a thought experiment to invoke discussions about race? Not successfully. Does the semantics of "thought experiment" vs "prediction" really matter though? The point is it's a dystopian view being discussed at THE platform of world leaders... It doesn't look good at all.
- EddieEngineers 3y agoThe thing is this isn’t some sort of group proposal/idea, but essentially a blog post by a not-very-famous MP. And it’s not crazy for a socialist MP from that part of Europe to think about a system like this - a system of decreased cost and increased access.