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Originally Posted by rubecube
Yeah, but it just doesn't work for some people. Your argument basically boils down to asking certain people to sacrifice their individual happiness for the greater good, and that doesn't really jive with the hyper-individualistic, neoliberal society we've cultivated.
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Maybe that's the point of the argument. That socially we've moved too far down the path of maximizing the whimsical fulfillment of the individual that continuing further down that path is destructive to broader society.