Re:Larry Page "providing free flu shots to all San Francisco...
by beagle3 on Friday December 07, 2012 @03:22PM
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> People do what is in their own interest by definition.
No, people do what they believe at that point in time is in their interest, and may (and often do) revise and reverse their beliefs a moment later.
May acts, like voting, are by virtue of being done every e.g. 4 years, are supposed to reflect long term interest.
An analogy: Your immediate interest might be to get the gratification from eating a jelly doughnut, though your long term interest might be to lose weight and be more fit and healthy.
I'm referring to the many people who vote once every 4 years to eat a doughnut every single day of the next 4 years. There are a lot of them, and they are voting against their (long term) interests.
No, people do what they believe at that point in time is in their interest, and may (and often do) revise and reverse their beliefs a moment later.
May acts, like voting, are by virtue of being done every e.g. 4 years, are supposed to reflect long term interest.
An analogy: Your immediate interest might be to get the gratification from eating a jelly doughnut, though your long term interest might be to lose weight and be more fit and healthy.
I'm referring to the many people who vote once every 4 years to eat a doughnut every single day of the next 4 years. There are a lot of them, and they are voting against their (long term) interests.