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Re:Bill Gates: Capitalism means male baldness gets more fund... by brazzy on Thursday March 14, 2013 @11:58AM (#5375757)
The difference is that people are more willing (or perhaps capable) to be rational and idealistic about long-term abstract decisions like voting for a candidate who wants to ban unhealthy food, than about immediate everyday decisions like whether to eat a salad or a donut...
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Re:Bill Gates: Capitalism means male baldness gets more fund... by sans-serif on Thursday March 14, 2013 @12:42PM (#5376042)
While that's not entirely implausible, if we start structuring societies around that idea, then the state could justify any action to a scary extent. You know, for the greater good, we know better, yadda yadda.
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