I want to be super clear: Option 1 is saying other people are better at knowing what you need than you are. Option 2 is saying you are better at knowing what you need than other people are.

But it's not just that, it's that Option 1 is saying other people who will never know anything about you are better at knowing what you need than those who know lots about you and are close to you


When we say the government should be the decider over people, say, smoking pot, we are doing nothing different than if we say the government should be the decider over what time people go to bed. Our relegation of authority is the same in both scenarios. You would not relegate the authority for what kind of music you can have on your playlist to politicians determined by all the UK voters, so why do you think it is better to relegate the authority for handling a neighbor who beats his kid to those same voters? If you heard about a guy in Virginia who beat his kid and his neighbors didn't like it, would you say "all the voters of the US should decide what happens here" or would you say "the family, friends, and/or neighbors should handle it"?