Retreat Into Metaphor: A "New" Fallacy?

Metaphor and allegory can be useful tools to simplify or clarify an issue, but watch out! Some people like to run off into deep metaphor to avoid making any concrete suggestions, or to just create a vague yet unassailable position to argue from.

If you like this, you might look at my video "The Macro Trick."
https://odysee.com/@MarginalNonHermit:3/the-macro-trick:2 Over-aggregation in economics is a similar tool that is used to sweep important distinctions under the rug. For example, a million dollars of "capital" might be a small factory or just a big pile of shovels. Which it is makes a huge difference in how they affect the economy.