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If intent is unknowable then you can't say Detroit was "set up" as that would require divining supposedly unknowable intent. Judging only outcomes means the fai
by jbigelow76 13y ago
If intent is unknowable then you can't say Detroit was "set up" as that would require divining supposedly unknowable intent. Judging only outcomes means the failure of Detroit is as likely to be the result incidental vs intentional action.
- anigbrowl 13y agoI think he's using the phrase in the sense of 'destined to fail,' which doesn't necessarily imply a belief in an unshakeable destiny, it's just a comment that failure was inevitable/predictable with those policies. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20.
- specialist 13y agoWow, geeks objecting to belief in cause and effect. My apologies. I was laboring under the impression that it doesn't take great insight to see how defunding and defrauding and disempowering Detroit created the circumstances which led to them declaring bankruptcy. Forgive me for not singling out individuals to blame, though there is plenty to share. Nor playing along when trolls use imagined conspiracy theories to dismiss objective reality.