Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We should be excited about automation” - In a talk at SXSW, the New York Congresswoman notes that automation is a net positive when the government offers a social safety net.

I never made a claim that he was a good business man or a bad one. I certainly don’t have anywhere near the knowledge to do that. Good or bad he still has experience. The person I responded to claims he had no experience. He quite clearly does. That’s not a trivial difference. If someone can’t even acknowledge that the person has experience then it’s quite clear they either aren’t informed or are so biased against the person in question that it’s not possible to deal with them.

A person who has no experience can quite easily be disregarded on a matter by pointing it out. It’s also something the average person can quite easily figure out. The burden then falls on them to prove they are knowledgeable . By them having experience you then have to come up with reasons for why they are good or bad at the thing. Claiming trump has no experience on the matter is a way of trying to shut down the other side before it even starts.

It’s commonly done with trump because it’s an easy way to bash him without actually having to know what you are talking about. The reality is that most people weighing in on trump’s abilities as a business person have 0 idea about what they are talking about and use nothing more then general talking points. People shouldn’t speak with authority or as if they are knowledgeable on a topic when they aren’t, that’s different from having an opinion. The Reddit comments here are perfect examples of what not to do.

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