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“Billionaires are literally cancer” is false specifically because “literally” does not mean “figuratively”.

Correct. But that is not what OP said. Read it again and I think you will see that OP is saying that “Billionaires are cancer” is not a figurative statement at all, but a literal one. You can disagree with them (I do, btw), but they have not misused the word “literally.”

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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I think you will see that OP is saying that “Billionaires are cancer” is not a figurative statement at all, but a literal one.

It is a metaphorical statement rather than a simile, but both metaphors and similes are figurative, not literal.

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- tate@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You are refuting an argument that I did not make.
  
  I enjoy this type of debate, but this one doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere. I’m moving on. Thank you, sincerely.
  
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  - Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Oh, this one went somewhere, just not anywhere you wanted it to go.
    
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