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I mean, I don't think it advances my understanding of the "social good" for people to consume billions of dollars of pop-culture entertainment in the form of th
by CryptoPunk 5y ago
I mean, I don't think it advances my understanding of the "social good" for people to consume billions of dollars of pop-culture entertainment in the form of the Kardashians, Youtube reality-TV celebrities etc, but in no semblance of a free society do I express that preference through punitive government measures against the people expending their resources on that.
- aww_dang 5y agoBy allowing a decentralized market based system to ascribe value to these things we avoid the problem of imposing our subjective value judgments on others. It may not be perfect, but it is more humane and productive than central planning. Imagine the democratic alternative, where the masses vote that watching the Kardashians is compulsory. Or that your own niche interests are prohibited.