Serious-ish answers:
The degenerate case of dieting is when you increase your calorie intake by zero. (Also applies to government budgets, although it’s then usually referred to as a “cut”.)
The degenerate case of tax reform is to pass no new laws.
The degenerate case of keeping kosher (also halal, fasting, giving things up for Lent) is to eat anything you like.
The degenerate case of a slippery-slope argument is to say “If we do X, X will follow, and then we’ll be sure to have X, from which we’ll certainly get X”. (That is, this argument is the limit as epsilon goes to zero of the argument X → X+epsilon → X+2 epsilon...).
Mainly in jest:
Dictatorship considered as a degenerate case of democracy: One Man, One Vote—he is The Man, he has The Vote.
Conversely, democracy considered, Moldbug-style, as the degenerate case of dictatorship: Each of N citizens has 1/N of the powers of the dictator.
Serious-ish answers: The degenerate case of dieting is when you increase your calorie intake by zero. (Also applies to government budgets, although it’s then usually referred to as a “cut”.)
The degenerate case of tax reform is to pass no new laws.
The degenerate case of keeping kosher (also halal, fasting, giving things up for Lent) is to eat anything you like.
The degenerate case of a slippery-slope argument is to say “If we do X, X will follow, and then we’ll be sure to have X, from which we’ll certainly get X”. (That is, this argument is the limit as epsilon goes to zero of the argument X → X+epsilon → X+2 epsilon...).
Mainly in jest: Dictatorship considered as a degenerate case of democracy: One Man, One Vote—he is The Man, he has The Vote.
Conversely, democracy considered, Moldbug-style, as the degenerate case of dictatorship: Each of N citizens has 1/N of the powers of the dictator.