• blarghly@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Moving the goalposts. We can assume from context that they are speaking to an audience from developed nations.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      This all started with:

      A nomadic life can be cheaper than a sedentary one.

      To which the previous poster added an example.

      I’m pointing out that there are many other common contexts were things don’t at all work like that.

      By that “logic” of yours whenever a Western newspaper publishes a story about something that happened elsewhere in the World, it’s “goalpost moving”.

      I think you’re confusing your own “I don’t give a shit about people not like me” mindset with the mindset of the entire audience here.