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Seattle3503 ◴[19 Nov 24 21:39 UTC] No.42188387[source]▶

I notice there has been a mixing of expert/academic opinion with advocacy, and this is an example of that. But expertise and advocacy are important but different things.

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squigz ◴[19 Nov 24 22:40 UTC] No.42188851[source]▶

>>42188387 #

They don't seem mutually exclusive to me. I would think an issue would only arise if one lets their advocacy jeopardize their expert judgement.

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1. Seattle3503 ◴[20 Nov 24 18:02 UTC] No.42196550[source]▶

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I think Jonathan Kanter lays it out much better than I can here, when it comes to research into monopoly

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-genera...

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