Anti-Capitalist Sentiment (with some morality)

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You frequently attempt to make your economic points in terms of only money/profit and not of other human values.

In the post above, I explained how economists think of everything in terms of money (when possible). The policy points I have made favor profit because it is the best known option to account for the most meaningful variables most efficiently, not the perfect and comprehensive option.

Let me rephrase, then: How much would you suggest the going rate is to pay a mother not to love her child?

For most, infinity. It is reasonable to claim that most humans have lines they would not cross for any monetary incentive. I have lines for sure.

I'm not arguing what you believe, I'm questioning how adamantly you assert certain beliefs, in the light of a drastic lack of the normal standard of proof you require for other beliefs you hold. I'm questioning your use of language which is superlatively affirmative of your economic ideas when you know full well that the standard of proof to which you hold them is less than your usual standard.

I do my best, but I'm not perfect. If you see me assert something that you think is wrong, call me on that.

Very foolish? You resort to a personal attack of your opposition's intelligence?

I didn't intend to imply you. I meant me and others who know the theory.

What indication do you have that "all else is equal?"

Ability to hold all else equal is imperative for finding meaningful associations in econometrics.

The glaring lack of a demonstrative causal relationship should at the very least quell your adamant stance. Your insistence that this is a trivial point looks more like stubbornness than someone seeking to understand a complicated subject.

The lack of econometric conclusion on the matter does not change the equation much. This is because of how solid of other empirical conclusions the theory is based on. Consider bouncing a basketball on Mars. Have physicists conducted experimentation enough to conclude that basketballs bounce on Mars? No. If you ask a physicist if it is reasonable to claim that basketballs would bounce on Mars, would he say yes? Yes.

Your assertion that all of your beliefs are on an equal footing as far as how firmly you believe them is actually a little bit funny or at least a bit cute, but I doubt that's what you were going for. (Now I'm the one condescending, but I am mostly messing with you, here).

You'd be doing me a big favor if you called me on the things specifically when I do them.

Y'all need to call me on my shit. I know I post some shit from time to time (even though I try not to, I'm only human). Generalities don't necessarily help me to improve. Granted, calling me on my shit is liable to be a difficult task since I defend myself with vigor, but if you can somehow get it through my thick skull why I'm wrong, I will admit it. That is an absolute promise. I take great pride in admitting when I'm wrong. It is a quality that I believe if I ever lose I will become a silly and stupid person.

I once was a young earth creationist. I was wrong then, and I am capable of being wrong now.