Yes. Even if what I actually want is “freedom to do the optimal thing”, it is strategically better to fight for “freedom to do the arbitrary thing”. The latter allows me to do the former. But if we only have the freedom to do the optimal thing, and the people with power disagree with me about what is optimal, I get neither.
Yes. Even if what I actually want is “freedom to do the optimal thing”, it is strategically better to fight for “freedom to do the arbitrary thing”. The latter allows me to do the former. But if we only have the freedom to do the optimal thing, and the people with power disagree with me about what is optimal, I get neither.