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Comment by refurb

2 months ago

But DOGE is basically “make government more efficient”, so they are interchangeable.

Trying to give an analogy like “i don’t like football” and “we should kill all football players” for my statement is pretty disingenuous and a massive strawman itself.

We’re trying to explain to you that they’re NOT interchangeable. What you’re doing is applying a false syllogism, but in question form.

Let me illustrate with an example in a statement form: “A rock can’t fly. You can’t fly, therefore you are a rock”.

You’re saying “A wants to do X. You are criticizing A, so you must object to X being done.” That is making an unjustified leap to your conclusion. It doesn’t matter what the subject is, this is a logic error.

  • You’ve done a terrible job explaining why they are different.

    The very definition of DOGE is government efficiency.

    So please explain why a team focused on efficiency is not the same as a focus o. government efficiency.

    • And the definition of DPRK is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, yet people frequently suggest that North Korea is not a democratic place.