This is a brave attempt by to make a difficult point. I've tried and failed to make it myself multiple times in conversation, but never in an essay. Whoever can make this point in a crystal clear and evocative way can probably be president.
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Super subtle and complex topic fraught with the risks of simplification and condescension. I'll make one note that is relevant, but also tangential: on a lot of things like this, people really are wrong as a result of availability bias, even in day to day life experience.
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2/ As an example - Americans (of all races) perception of police brutality. Even as it was objectively falling, it was perceived to be rising for a variety of reasons, one of which being increased media coverage as well as the rise of bystander videos.
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3/ Dismissing lived experience as a result of cognitive biases is popular in some circles blasphemy in others. It shouldn't be used as an excuse to dismiss the more subtle discussions like the one you link to, but the cognitive bias side of things can't be dismissed either.
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I don't think people even get that far. They retreat from the difficult ideas at the very sight of outgroup frames/vocabulary/language like "lived experience." You almost have to make up entirely new language to make even the smallest new point.
Arguments that one is unable to articulate in economic terms are ignored. This moves a lot of complaints outside of the frame of acceptable discussion. It’s much more subtle and effective- and frustrating- than Orwell’s Newspeak
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