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		Ozarkian 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ships are sailing with fake insurance from the Nor... The Broken Window Fallacy strikes again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

spiderice 3 months ago [–]

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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