Consumers are too stupid to make good choices

[kandrathe]

Ah yes, the infamous slippery slope argument. We don't need to argue against point A, just say that "OMG, we'll never be able to have rational thought and eventually point A will become point B and we're all doomed!"

Ok, but how will you keep the stupid Netherlanders from opening their doors too long in the winter months? As Eppie said, people are too stupid to think for themselves so the government needs to be in control of our lives. How much of our lives? Just the parts where we need to make consumer decisions? We might as well embrace our new Soviet styled State and let the government choose the best way we can be productive for the society, and on our hour walk home to our block apartments from our State run factory jobs we can stand in line to buy our government sanctioned light bulbs. Unless you happen to be one of the corrupt government officials, like say Al Gore, whose mansion consumes energy at 20 times that of a normal house.