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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago actual kings wear that garb as tradition dating back hundreds of years. That’s an appeal to tradition fallacy. Just because they’ve been doing crazy and wasteful stuff for a long time doesn’t make it objectively less crazy and wasteful.
minus-squareCypher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat exactly is wasteful about wearing some old clothes for a ceremony? A ceremony that brings in significant funds through tourism.
That’s an appeal to tradition fallacy. Just because they’ve been doing crazy and wasteful stuff for a long time doesn’t make it objectively less crazy and wasteful.
What exactly is wasteful about wearing some old clothes for a ceremony?
A ceremony that brings in significant funds through tourism.