“It’s obviously bad. Think about it and you’ll notice that. I could write a YA dystopian novel about how the consequences are bad.” <-- isn’t an argument, at all. It assumes bad consequences rather than demonstrating or explaining how the consequences would be bad. That section is there for other reasons, partially (I think?) to explain Zvi’s emotional state and why he wrote the article, and why it has a certain tone.
“It’s obviously bad. Think about it and you’ll notice that. I could write a YA dystopian novel about how the consequences are bad.” <-- isn’t an argument, at all. It assumes bad consequences rather than demonstrating or explaining how the consequences would be bad. That section is there for other reasons, partially (I think?) to explain Zvi’s emotional state and why he wrote the article, and why it has a certain tone.
Yes. It’s doing a few things, and that’s a lot of it.