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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: What is "capitalism"? (Explorations of "self-interest")
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Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 15:00:59 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 15:00:59 1985
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> 
> >You weren't talking about what people *want*.  You were talking about
> >what is "best" for people.  I, for one, recognize a distinction between
> >the two in human affairs.
> 
> The achievement of Y is clearly
> what X wants, though he/she may not be aware of it.  This is also what is best
> for X.
> 
> >						Baba
> 
> 				Mike

How convenient!  Mike completely bends the meaning of `want' from `a conscious
act of desire' to `what is best for'.  The libertarian solution to evolution
of the English language; ala Newspeak, apparently.

jeff m