[Florin_Andrei]

> because the other side is too stupid to make their own decisions

The unfortunate reality is - that is the actual crux of the problem. Maybe say "incapable of making" instead of "too stupid to make", since that makes the scope wider. But that is the long and short of it.

[throwawayjeje]

Do you routinely analyze and challenge your own biases? Do you ever wonder if someone you disagree with might be right?

It's easy to call someone stupid while ignoring what they are saying. It's hard to charitably hear someone's argument. I'm certainly at fault there.

Either way I categorically reject the worldview where a "benign" paternalism protects us from ourselves.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> Either way I categorically reject the worldview where a "benign" paternalism protects us from ourselves.

That's nice. unfortunately the world as it is is categorically providing practical counterexamples to this.