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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by 3np on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:47PM (#35128967)
The word "bailout" is a distraction and red herring. FT and Yellen use it as a weasel word here.

I notice several articles and threads derailing into conflations of semantic arguments around what a bailout is with specifics of the topic.

This is a trend (and, I suspect, tactic) on other topics and it only serves polarization. Try to not fall into this trap. It can be possible to call it out in a way which does not further derail the conversation.

(Saying it's a trend does not mean it's merely a recent thing BTW)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentially_contested_concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasive_definition

Whether the statement "this is a bailout" is true or not is actually irrelevant.

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