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> And all those extra workers that have been hired? Well, they came from working on other things. Things that aren't getting done anymore -- or the people that
by jncfhnb 3y ago
> And all those extra workers that have been hired? Well, they came from working on other things. Things that aren't getting done anymore -- or the people that replaced some of them came from yet other things that now aren't getting done, that aren't benefiting people and businesses in the US.
This effect is so negligible it’s not even worth calling out.
- jonnycomputer 3y agoYeah, its a pretty bald faced assertion.
- crazygringo 3y agoNo, that's the entire point of the broken windows fallacy. It's not negligible -- it adds up to the same amount of value. This is why it's called a fallacy, because people think it's negligible, when it's not. The Wikipedia article I linked to in my original comment explains it in full detail.
- standardUser 3y agoEvery theory is subject to real world variables and in this conversation, I have yet to see one real world variable.
- crazygringo 3y agoWhat theory are you talking about? This isn't a theory. It's a principle of economics. It's just how money works. Arguing that it's false makes as much sense as arguing 2+2=5. It's literally just adding up accounting.
- jncfhnb 3y agoIf it’s so obvious, please write out what is gained and what is lost to net out to 0
- jncfhnb 3y agoThe broken window fallacy is due to things getting destroyed netting out the value being produced. Nothing in the US is getting destroyed. The broken window fallacy does not apply unless you consider Russian and Ukrainian losses to matter to the US economy. Your article has a little blurb about opportunity costs at the end of having soldiers at all but it’s really a different concept