Dav09@mander.xyz to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMoon talkmander.xyzimagemessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down132
arrow-up1955arrow-down1imageMoon talkmander.xyzDav09@mander.xyz to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squareVincentmario@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoThe civil war has a clearly dominant causal factor that historians overwhelmingly agree upon. Modern socio economic issues don’t have that same level of single cause consensus. That’s why boiling everything down to ‘capitalism’ is overly reductive
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoThis is how consensus starts
minus-squareVincentmario@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoAt least you’re honest about pushing a narrative rather than engaging with evidence
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year ago? In 200 years most of the other details you’re imagining will be considered irrelevant
minus-squareVincentmario@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoSo the evidence doesn’t exist yet, but you’ve decided the conclusion anyway. That’s exactly the problem I’m pointing out. This is what MAGA does btw
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt does, there’s just not a consensus yet. Gee I wonder if spending days in the weeds with this guy will go anywhere. Oops that’s deflecting!
minus-squareVincentmario@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoCan I see the evidence? inb4 you deflect and refuse to cite anything
The civil war has a clearly dominant causal factor that historians overwhelmingly agree upon. Modern socio economic issues don’t have that same level of single cause consensus. That’s why boiling everything down to ‘capitalism’ is overly reductive
This is how consensus starts
At least you’re honest about pushing a narrative rather than engaging with evidence
? In 200 years most of the other details you’re imagining will be considered irrelevant
So the evidence doesn’t exist yet, but you’ve decided the conclusion anyway. That’s exactly the problem I’m pointing out. This is what MAGA does btw
It does, there’s just not a consensus yet.
Gee I wonder if spending days in the weeds with this guy will go anywhere. Oops that’s deflecting!
Can I see the evidence? inb4 you deflect and refuse to cite anything