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What are some examples of 'common sense' which are nonsense? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 15 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wikipedia defines common sense as "knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument"

Try to avoid using this topic to express niche or unpopular opinions (they're a dime a dozen) but instead consider provable intuitive facts.

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[–] ryathal 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They are more similar than they are different though. The numbers are bigger and the limits aren't known, but they do exist. Many countries have felt the pain of excessive debt, the arguments that it can't happen to the US are essentially that the US is a unicorn country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The US is a unicorn country because the US dollar is the primary currency in the world. If the Euro supplanted the US dollar for that position, then the problems with excessive debt could absolutely happen in the US.

[–] ryathal 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's becoming less true year over year though. Excessive debt can make it less attractive as a standard in addition to the growth of both the Euro zone and BRICS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

True enough. And Trump could very well accelerate that with his economic temper tantrums. Still, I don't know what currency BRICS would settle on; certainly not the ruble, not after Putin cratered the whole country's economy. The yuan?

[–] ryathal 1 points 4 hours ago

What they settle on isn't too important other than it won't be the dollar.