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Funny thing is, most people don't know what they want, or they do but it's bad for them, or it's good for them but bad for many others. The set of people whose
by tomc1985 11y ago
Funny thing is, most people don't know what they want, or they do but it's bad for them, or it's good for them but bad for many others.
The set of people whose wants should be satisfied is much smaller than the set of people who want.
- Trundle 11y agoOnly if you use some vague, hypothetical concept of want. To me wants are the things people pursue. Seeing as people act, the idea that they don't know what they want is silly. To say that peoples wants are bad for them or they should not get what they want is a paternalistic concept that I don't care for nor find particularly actionable.