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The Broken Window Fallacy strikes again!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window



TL;DR - If you spend money to fix a broken window, you don't spend that money to replace your shoes.

Thanks, I hadn't heard of that parable before




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