Please don’t move the goalposts. I’d much rather know whether I’m convincing you than whether I’m convincing a hypothetical average Joe. Figuring out a political case for FAI is important, but secondary to figuring out whether it’s actually possible and desirable.
Ok, I don’t mean to be unfairly moving goalposts around. But I will point out that gaining my assent to a hypothetical is not the same as gaining my agreement regarding the course that ought to be followed into an uncertain future.
That’s fair enough. The choice of course depends on whether FAI is even possible, and whether any group could be trusted to build it. But conditional on those factors, we can at least agree that such a thing is desirable.
Please don’t move the goalposts. I’d much rather know whether I’m convincing you than whether I’m convincing a hypothetical average Joe. Figuring out a political case for FAI is important, but secondary to figuring out whether it’s actually possible and desirable.
Ok, I don’t mean to be unfairly moving goalposts around. But I will point out that gaining my assent to a hypothetical is not the same as gaining my agreement regarding the course that ought to be followed into an uncertain future.
That’s fair enough. The choice of course depends on whether FAI is even possible, and whether any group could be trusted to build it. But conditional on those factors, we can at least agree that such a thing is desirable.