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hombre_fatal on Oct 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, mini...

I kinda agree with GP: when someone isn't specific about where they're from, then nobody can really respond to them. It's like when people say they're from Europe or how great things are from them there. Even if you wanted to look up how your argument applies to their country or how their country addresses your point, you cannot.

jacobush on Oct 10, 2020 [–]

It works when where they are from is used as a counter-example. I may be jaded, but I often find people from the US say, "this would be impossible".

Then it's often interesting to point to various places in the world where in fact, the thing is possible.

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