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> That's how boiling the frog works. that's also how the slippery slope fallacy works
by tpm 2y ago
> That's how boiling the frog works.
that's also how the slippery slope fallacy works
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoHitler seizing power and the Nazis invading Poland was also a fallacy. Until it wasn't. The NSA spying on everyone was also a fallacy. Until it wasn't. Go back in time and find other examples. Any extreme powers you give the government to "keep you safe", they will eventually be abused, first against foreigners, political dissidents and whistleblowers, then against you. History doesn't necessarily repat itself, but it definitely rhymes.
- mike_hearn 2y agoTechnically, "slippery slope" isn't a fallacy. It's just a name for the idea that one thing leads inevitably to another. It's not fallacious to extrapolate from past experience, even if that extrapolation turns out to be wrong.
- tpm 2y agoI wrote "slippery slope fallacy", not just "slippery slope", for a reason.
- mike_hearn 2y agoArguing A->B is only a fallacy if no argument for the sequence is provided. A plausible argument was provided here based on prior experience of other governments. There's no fallacy if you just disagree on the probability.
- tpm 2y agoNo argument (not plausible, not probable, none) for the sequence was provided. Communist revolution always precedes communist control of speech.