D- See me after class (at the bottom of this post). You've failed to address any of the issues and instead made your own, put words in my mouth and drew the obvious next step to tobacco and alcohol? Predictable.... I am on the internet after all.... That said, I expected better from you. You're better than that.
There are no nuances. In your rush to counter my point, you missed it entirely:
No needs are ever met by nicotine, or heroin, or alcohol, or anything that is addictive. All these provide is the short term
illusion of meeting needs. The poor mice in your "study" would rather actually have their needs met as opposed to the illusion of having needs met. Gambling and most of the world's economic spending is an addiction, because it's false demand. We buy crap we don't need to impress people who don't matter or care, and pay for a house to store it in, by working a job we hate. That's stupid, but we do it, because we're stupid.
There is nothing circular about my logic, the term is often misunderstood and misused. I didn't say demand was harmless. You did. I said it satiates needs. Addiction never satiates needs, but it tricks you into thinking it does.
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"When you define "proper demand" as anything that doesn't wreck your life," such tasty words you've put in my mouth. No.
What is so sad is that we don't teach logical structure. I don't give a shit what you think, but I care HOW you think. This is why politicians get away with their shit. Example of a counterargument to my point you could have used instead of ... whatever the heck that was you were trying for:
Here's what you should've written if you wanted to counter my last post Color coded for your convenience... highlight it if this bothers you.
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Addiction isn't the antithesis of capitalism.Capitalism IS addiction. Addiction is repeatedly doing something, unable to stop without (sometimes severe) withdrawal. Capitalism is repeatedly paying for things you might not want and could really harm you, while imposing withdrawal if your payments are withdrawn. Drugs cause physical withdrawal symptoms, and so does capitalism with poverty, illness, debt collectors and possibly jail. Worse yet, capitalism sells addictive things, legally (cigarettes, alcohol, beanie babies), and illegally (heroin, smack, crack, beanie babies). You might have to make regular repeat monthly rent payments on a hovel filled with health hazards, or be in debt, for all sorts of things, forever. Capitalism runs on addiction, and addiction feeds capitalism. Addiction may lead to terrible things, but so can capitalism. If two things lead to the same outcome, aren't they functionally the same? Mothers selling their children for crack Truean? Dickensian England had debtor's prisons and orphans sold into virtual slavery. I don't know which is worse, plunging someone into poverty and ruin from debt for food, lodging, and small luxuries, or for crack, because at least everyone expects the crack dealer to be crooked, but the banker claims legitimacy.... Is one worse than the other, or is damnation just damnation no matter the source?
Keep paying a never ending pile of bills for useless junk, or shoot junk into your veins. Both are self destruction. etc etc
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Title with rebuttalIssue and statementRuleAnalysisConclusionYou see how the blue + the red = purple...? It's the structure. The lack of it is destroying western civilization by allowing lack of linear logic, promoting soundbites and sidetracks, and failing to focus on the issue. You wanna site a mouse study? Fine, that's there are ways to, but good god not like that.