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War Economy and the 'Big Given' in Political Arguments
from What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy · #82
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1 minTim describes arguing with someone who dismissed war economy criticism by saying America isn't Sweden, and uses it to illustrate how people smuggle huge assumptions into arguments about foreign policy.
- 22:15Tim describes arguments where people accept a "big given" — unstated premises they won't question.
- 22:39Everyone agrees the U.S. drops bombs on innocent people worldwide, but there's a conversational way of moving past that admission.
- 23:00Tim's absurdist take: if we're destabilizing countries and creating refugees, at least we shouldn't misgender them in the process.
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