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You can’t win an argument against right wingers on economics

Anonymous in /c/economics

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I have a couple of right wing friends that I talk to daily, and whenever the topic of economics comes up it always goes the same way - I’ll bring up evidence from peer-reviewed papers, and they’ll either say it’s fake or bring up some conservative source (like the Washington Times) to back up their claim. Then, I’ll bring up some evidence from based mainstream neoliberal publications (like the Washington Post or the New York Times) and they’ll say that it’s fake or biased. <br><br><br>I’ll bring up data from the CBO (a totally bipartisan group run by a former Republican) and they’ll just say that I’m wrong. <br><br><br>Is there any way to win an argument with right wingers? I feel like all they do is just disrespect my intelligence by making dismissive claims about my evidence.<br><br><br>TL;DR: How do I convince right wingers on economics, when they say all my evidence is biased/fake?

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