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points by bediger4000 1 day ago | 0 comments
Again, let's think of two children fighting over their shares of a cookie. Child A says he should get all of the cookie. Child B says that wouldn't be fair, the cookie should be split evenly, half and half.

The adult in the room decides to promote common ground, and gives 75% of the cookie to A and 25% to B.

[–] denkmoon 1 day ago
who exactly is the adult in the room supposed to be in this analogy? There _is_ no adult in the room, just the two children.
[–] thrance 1 day ago
The adult in the room here is the moralizing "enlightened centrist" that puts bothsideism in every conversation about politics.