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> I don't see that explanation anywhere If you don't see an explanation anywhere, it's because you don't want to see it. I have written like half a dozen. > T
by anoncake 7y ago
> I don't see that explanation anywhere
If you don't see an explanation anywhere, it's because you don't want to see it. I have written like half a dozen.
> That's a nice platitude but not an explanation for why someone saying they need something means that they actually need it.
Ditto
> It's not a factor because convenience is not something you are owed.
Non sequitur
> I need to eat because the needs that underpin survival are the default assumptions made by an intellectually honest individual when the term "need" is used. When I say need I mean a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism.
That's two contradictory definitions, survival and well-being is not the same. Even under this definition, you still haven't provided the extraordinary proof necessary for the extraordinary claim that nobody needs Facebook. You've merely asserted it – somehow believing that your assertions about the lifes of people you don't know are more accurate than what these people believe.
> An individual's right to access Facebook is more fundamental than Facebook's right to operate their computers in a manner that is consistent with their prerogatives?
Facebook does not have any rights to begin with. Like all companies, its only legitimate purpose is to serve the public – which is why the convenience of the many trumps the desire of one Mr. Zuckerberg to control Facebook.
- root_axis 7y agoSo let me recap. A. Facebook is a necessity comparable to electricity. B. A "need" is anything that an individual claims they need. C. Facebook has no property rights or any other rights. Am I misunderstanding anything?
- anoncake 7y agoYes. It is, in principle, possible for someone to lie about their needs though I'm not sure why they should. It also doesn't tell us where the need in question ranks on the Maslow Hierarchy, but those at top are still needs.