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Re:Why We Banned the Word “Ethnic” (2019) by zozbot234 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:17PM (#30662644)
On the contrary, having multiple levels of description is a key tool in dealing with complexity. You can always provide more information about the actual mix of overlapping causes pertaining to any given case, but that should come after a broader description is provided to frame the overall context.
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Re:Why We Banned the Word “Ethnic” (2019) by shadowgovt on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:28PM (#30662797)
"Software problem" is too broad. If software engineers are working on it, of course it's a software problem.

Analogously, the point the article appears to make is that if humans are involved in a civil war, of course there are ethnic tensions.

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