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Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by wazoox on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:24AM (#20675158)
"Personal choice" is incredibly overrated (in the US, at last). Actually, most of the time (as the "nudge theory" shows), individual choice is mostly socially constructed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory

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Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by vorpalhex on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:52AM (#20675376)
Having a choice and using the choice are different. Nudge theory is heavily critiqued and rightfully so - we know Choice Architecture is a thing, but humans are still free agents. Just because you don't like the choices people make doesn't mean you can then constrain their ability to make choice.
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Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by ambicapter on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:58AM (#20675438)
> we know Choice Architecture is a thing, but humans are still free agents

Saying "yeah sure, but no", is just a cheap dismissal of GP's point.

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