• Mr Fish@lemmy.world
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    That is an appeal to authority, but not a fallacious one. Lawmakers know a lot about how and why people steal. Fallacious appeal to authority is when the authority you’re talking about has no knowledge of the topic, for example quoting a psychologist on nutrition advice.

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    I’ve actually had this dispute on Lemmy.

    Dude kept insisting I tell him my income but refused to say how or why it would be relevant.

    Ed: no joke, it was flyingsquid too which is a bit more funny tbh.

    It’s a very sensible conclusion when I’ve asked you how rich you are multiple times and you refuse to answer. Even after I told you my economic situation.

    You’re rich and you are embarrassed about it because it makes you look just as callous and dismissive of the poor as Elon.

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      I was struggling to understand that for a long time too. It seems like it’s a mix of being told that just saying no is not polite and an aversion to conflict. Especially when stating needs.

      Some parents actively discourage their children to state their needs clearly and concisely from a very very young age.

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        Companies that give personality tests in the hiring process are largely looking at your “agreeableness” score. We’re constantly taught (from an early age, as you mention) that the default answer should be “Yes.” If you’re creative, you might push it to “Yes, and…” But a plain “no” from anyone who isn’t explicitly labeled as a “leader” is a non-starter in systems obsessed with hierarchy.

        There are really only three options. Try to climb an existing hierarchy. Make your own hierarchy and place yourself atop it. Or operate within and between hierarchies without unnecessarily validating their existence. That last one’s increasingly difficult by design. And honestly, the second one usually requires exploiting others.

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      Sure, that’s fine in IRL. It fails on any kind of discussion board though, at least for anything not as comically egregious as “give me your banking details.”

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      That’s a single authority falacy, in this case there is only one opinion, the person who’s protecting their financial information, to promote the idea of not looking into someone’s bank account. When there could be a legitimate reason to look into a person’s finances.

      In all seriousness in so far as the meme is presenting itself single authority is prudent. Like what if every decision about yourself everyone was always a stakeholder? That would be hell.