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Re:Economist Raj Chetty has found a surprising tool to fight... by thaumasiotes on Sunday August 11, 2019 @08:50PM (#20671568)
You don't often see the argument that understanding the nature of opposition to something isn't relevant to overcoming that opposition.
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Re:Economist Raj Chetty has found a surprising tool to fight... by john_brown_body on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:22PM (#20671929)
It's relevant to the political problem of defeating their opposition, sure, but not relevant to the merits of the policy.

It's also fairly obvious - rich people think they're better humans than poor people and don't want to live near them. Not worthy of much hand-wringing or fretting in my opinion.

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Re:Economist Raj Chetty has found a surprising tool to fight... by thaumasiotes on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:32PM (#20671961)
> It's relevant to the political problem of defeating their opposition, sure, but not relevant to the merits of the policy.

This seems... unlikely.

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