• Stern@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Trickle down used to be called horse and sparrow. The idea was that if a horse ate a whole lot of oats, some wouldn’t get digested and the sparrow could eat them. I wonder why they don’t use that metaphor today 🤔

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Because it’s stupid easy to debunk with one question:

      If you want to feed the sparrows, why don’t you give them oats directly instead of making them pick through horseshit?