[tptacek]

This is absolutely not "clear to all". You're always out on a treacherous rhetorical ledge when you try to speak for "all" in a contentious discussion, but here you've run right off the edge, Wile-E Coyote-style.

[ethanhunt_]

A dichotomy:

- executive power should be wielded (WITH | WITHOUT) input from leaders of the economy

I'm not arguing that we should elect Trump. It's done. Now that he wields exec power, you think that "WITHOUT" is the better choice above? Why?

[dragonwriter]

> A syllogism:

> - executive power should be wielded (WITH | WITHOUT) input from leaders of the economy

That's not anything remotely like a syllogism; it's just a dichotomy.

A syllogism is a structured argument consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion that follows from the two premises.

[pcwalton]

That's an irrelevant question, because Trump has demonstrated no interest in input from leaders of the economy.

A more relevant question is whether it's worth it for leaders of the industry to publicly pretend to give input to a person who they know will ignore it.

[tptacek]

As I've written elsewhere here, I think we're generally better off with a government that does not arrange endorsements from corporate figureheads.