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> "fundamentally every human has comparable needs" That assumption has been at the core of some wonderful experiments in the 20th century, and the people who h
by elcapitan 10y ago
> "fundamentally every human has comparable needs"
That assumption has been at the core of some wonderful experiments in the 20th century, and the people who had the fortune to live under regimes based on that assumption showed their preference for moving to exactly the alternatives that the assumption is trying to exclude. Or tried to do so and got killed by the people who knew what their true needs were.
- philippnagel 10y agoI think you misunderstood. Care to elaborate on experiments? "comparable needs" does not necessarily refer to tangible goods. The central needs are probably freedom and a justice system protecting individual rights and us from each other, not e.g. everyone driving the same car.