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		indymike on May 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Equality is prevented by the misperception that it... People really struggle with how the logical or works here's a sentence: I get money or you get money Most people read that as: Either I get money and you get nothing, or you get money in I get nothing... which is wrong. That's why equality is so hard. People read or as xor.

dudeinjapan on May 8, 2022 [–]

In common speech "or" in the context of a choice is typically an "xor". "We can go to the beach or we can go to a movie."

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