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Your reasoning is that people are stupid and therefore you should manipulate them 'for their own good' because they have no self-agency and self-responsibility.
by Simple_Guy 7y ago
Your reasoning is that people are stupid and therefore you should manipulate them 'for their own good' because they have no self-agency and self-responsibility.
Needless to say, people who think like this make terrible dictators when given the chance.
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoYou could can easily apply this logic to say "we should revoke laws that make it illegal to drive without a seat belt", or dozens of other examples. Humans are notorious for thinking "I'm in a real hurry, I'll leave the safety system off because I likely won't get hurt". We know that laws, rules and protocols with enforcement and negative consequences are required in order to make humans act safely at scale.
- carlivar 7y agoIt's a good thing I did not propose that I become Supreme Dictator Strawman.