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> third parties like states deciding what is or isn't "for the benefit" of the people (as opposed to being told what the people want)

I'm gonna keep picking on this point.

The majority of people want regulation on a variety of things.

It's infantalizing for you to claim that they aren't consciously choosing that.




Regulation is not the same as nudges towards personal health and discouragment-taxation towards "what's good for you".

>It's infantalizing for you to claim that they aren't consciously choosing that.

The "majority of people" aren't even asked about things like this, and they're constantly lied to and betrayed on the subject of electoral promises of all kinds, even on way more major issues. Not to mention being treated like cattle that needs to be "told what to want" and to be whipped into shape by technocrats and policy advisors.

So, invoking what the government does as a proxy of "what people wants" is very shaky grounds...




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