I don’t think that’s true anymore. You can ask for weak points of a position (e.g. that luxury spending is good for the economy) and they will give you a reasonable answer.
You could do the opposite - what are the weak points of the position that accumulation of wealth leads to waste and see what are the weak points there.
And then think which position can be dismantled more easily and is therefore less well founded. Or ask for a steelman version of it.
You could do the opposite - what are the weak points of the position that accumulation of wealth leads to waste and see what are the weak points there.
And then think which position can be dismantled more easily and is therefore less well founded. Or ask for a steelman version of it.