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>...it might be rational to nudge people towards healthier behaviors. Let's be clear on this issue because the advocates of nudging always seem to rationalize,
by dmfdmf 11y ago
>...it might be rational to nudge people towards healthier behaviors.
Let's be clear on this issue because the advocates of nudging always seem to rationalize, minimize, evade and deny the fact that govt nudging occurs, ultimately, at the point of a gun.
This is not how civilized people live and, no, it is not rational. In fact, it is the very negation of rationality regardless of any real or imagined economic, financial or health benefits that accrue to the nudgers or the nudgees.
- Frondo 11y ago"... at the point of a gun." No, that isn't it. That's silly and doesn't contribute anything of substance to this discussion.
- dmfdmf 11y agoIts not silly it is the crux of the issue that you evade. Tell me, what happens if you don't go along with govt nudges? Don't they fine you or sanction you in someway? And if you continue on this path, refuse to pay your fines and continue to disobey what happens? A man with a gun will come and take you to jail. It is that simple.
- Frondo 11y agoDon't pay your taxes? They'll issue a levy or a lien or garnish your paycheck. That's not "a man with a gun". That's a totally non-violent way to collect their taxes. Invoking the violent image of "a man with a gun" is a childish way to make the down-to-earth subject of tax collection into an emotional, fear-based thing.
- dmfdmf 11y ago"...the advocates of nudging always seem to rationalize, minimize, evade and deny the fact that govt nudging occurs, ultimately, at the point of a gun." QED