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Everyone has an anecdote about living in the world and spending money (existing within the economy). I've literally never been the victim of a prosecuted or investigated crime. If you went into a forum that was specifically for people that had been victims of muggings regardless of their obvious bias on the situation they're going to chime in with their anecdotes about crime data because they have anecdotes to share. This just seems like a silly overreaction to an unwanted response.
I made this post because I've seen left-leaning types handwave national statistics in favor of smaller anecdotes and "lived experiences", and be called out on this forum as the "peak of leftist bullshit" or somesuch. I generally would have agreed, using different language.
But then, lo and behold, people are essentially doing the exact same thing here when the roles are reversed. The motte is "national statistics can apply unevenly which can lead to people being more pessimistic than is expected/warranted". The bailey is "meat at my local grocery store went from $10 to $16 which proves national statistics are fraudulent". There were plenty of people in the previous thread making the bailey argument, while almost no one in this thread is defending it and everyone is instead at the motte. This, to me, is pretty telling.
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