Viliam_Bur comments on Can the Chain Still Hold You? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 13 January 2012 10:22:07AM 0 points [-]

shatter all chains, so that you can truly choose where you want to go.

On which level is this "true choice" made: group level or individual level? The story describes a change in the group. It does not necessarily follow that all individuals in that group were happy with the new situation. Just as not all individuals were happy with the old situation.

A group dynamic can change... some individuals may feel better, some individuals may feel worse. Why should we call this a "true choice"? Whose choice precisely?