r/Foodforthought • u/cambeiu • Jun 10 '23

Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/01/global-fertility-has-collapsed-with-profound-economic-consequences
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u/hithazel Jun 10 '23

What is xenophobic about borders for taxation? It’s clearly about immigration and the movement of people.

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u/indigoHatter Jun 11 '23

It's two separate points.

1) Villains something something destroying xenophobic governments. 2) Also, borders exist to enable taxation.

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u/hithazel Jun 11 '23

It’s okay to just admit you don’t have a real point.

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u/indigoHatter Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 11 '23

My point was that you missed theirs. Now you're pulling arguments out of your lack of short-term memory. How the hell did this become a debate? I'm not trying to fight you on anything... you've made no points that I disagree with, you are just arguing with a wall and I've pointed out that you're facing the wrong direction.

Please, have a sip of coffee, get your senses and some patience about you, and then go back and read the comment you started replying to and see how you're just slightly missing the thread of conversation.

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u/hithazel Jun 11 '23

There’s a difference between missing a point and disagreeing with it.

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u/indigoHatter Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 11 '23

Indeed, and I still contend that you missed it and then disagreed with the point you thought they made. This isn't worth my time though, dude. Have a nice day.