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minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agothis is storytelling, it is not evidence of a testable causal relationship
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s been tested. Many, many times in history. Weimar Republic. Zimbabwe. Venezuela.
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agothere is no way you tested a bubblegum and lollipops economy with an infinite lollipop machine, and if you did, the results are not applicable to the economies of Venezuela or Zimbabwe
this is storytelling, it is not evidence of a testable causal relationship
It’s been tested. Many, many times in history. Weimar Republic. Zimbabwe. Venezuela.
there is no way you tested a bubblegum and lollipops economy with an infinite lollipop machine, and if you did, the results are not applicable to the economies of Venezuela or Zimbabwe