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"why doesn't he get some sort of job and rent out a cheap room?" Other posts have explained why this is fallacious reasoning but I'll give it a shot anyway. T
by stegosaurus 12y ago
"why doesn't he get some sort of job and rent out a cheap room?"
Other posts have explained why this is fallacious reasoning but I'll give it a shot anyway.
There's more to it than simply the physical, theoretical possibility of changing a situation.
I graduated fairly recently. Could I have worked in finance? Goldman, JPM, say? I don't think it's excessive hubris to say that it would have been theoretically possible. Then I'd be working towards owning the flat I'm currently renting.
But in reality, it didn't happen, and wasn't possible. I dislike finance, and to give 90+ hour weeks in a profession I have no faith in would have been unviable. There was no choice involved; after a fairly basic reasoning process it was excluded because it would have clearly led to failure.
I hope that it's easy to see how that can be generalised down the scale. I personally would rather be homeless than work FT for a fast food company, and I express disapproval at a society that makes that a 'choice' for some.