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by golergka 3029 days ago
I want to argue with you, but I have problem understanding where you're making a factual observation and where you're making a value judgement.

You're using words "utilitarian perspective", "rationally justifiable", "decoration". I hope you don't want the whole society to be based on such values, do you?

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Utilitarian = gets the job done. In this case, producing clothes.

Rationally Justifiable = justifiable in non-subjective ways: warmth, durability...the kind of argument you could make to a central planner.

Decoration = Not Rationally Justifiable

BTW... central planning is not a rare thing. Tesla is centrally planned, so is Shell. If you want to argue for private offices or gym memberships in a company, you'll generally be limited to "rationally justifiable" (to stick to this choice of words) reasons. People will get more done, employee churn will be lower..

^ I'm not going to argue back