10-17-2015, 06:12 PM -
(10-17-2015, 06:02 PM)2NaFish Wrote: Synonym doesn't mean "two words that mean exactly the same thing". I'm not trying to restrict the meaning of bridle, you are by placing a false equivelancy to the word restrict. They're similar but not the same. I mean, i'm the one who used it, i know in what sense it was meant, right?
People are free to make any choice they want under libertarian paternalism. They absolutely are. That they may or may not choose to is a separate issue, and one of the reasons it's not my bag.
If people are too lazy to make a choice then they're clearly not as naturally greedy/aspirational as you posited originally though. And once again, that's another way in which greed can be steered. Greed is just one part of a humans instinct so it can be mitigated by any number of influences - for example you keep coming back to the idea that the state would be doing this. I never mentioned the state once.
You didn't directly but you did by mentioning libertarian paternalism, but I did in the initial exchange of posts that lead to this, after all the original point of our discussion was around schooling and particular groups of people using their influence to shape society.
Synonymous can mean "exactly the same thing", in this case it means words that are close enough in their meaning and in the context which they were used that it is not unfair to draw comparison between them. If you're just saying that unbridled doesn't/can't mean unrestricted, and that word wasn't synonymous with unbridled in the context that you used it then I guess we're done here.