• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      It is not an appeal to authority… It’s called a rebuttal. If someone makes a claim that no real smart person can do x, an easy way to prove them wrong is to provide an example of a smart person doing x.

      • teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        true ig i was wrong

        (btw I’m not far right and fully agree with this, I just like being annoying and pointing out things like this)

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOP
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      I mean, kinda? It’s a meme, really. The actual article itself though isn’t an appeal to authority, rather, it outlines pretty well the basics of why a publicly owned and planned economy is logically the correct path to take.