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Comment author: [deleted] 05 November 2014 10:51:56AM -2 points [-]

Not if those same factors also show up it the decision you're planning to make based on those preferences.

They don't: collective, political decisions are simply not supposed to take individuals' incentives into account as inputs, but instead to change those incentives as output.

Comment author: Azathoth123 06 November 2014 07:10:17AM 0 points [-]

How did we go from "preferences" to "incentives" and what distinction are you trying to make here?

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