Want vs Need Debate
This cluster focuses on the distinction between human wants and needs, with commenters debating whether desires are essential necessities or merely superficial cravings, often in contexts of consumerism and motivation.
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Sample Comments
It isn't about need, it's about want.
People want more than they already have.
Not all wants are wants of material goods.
There isn't a need, there is a desire.
"The difference between a want and a not-want is wanting"
Not everything we desire is good for us. Also, there is a need? How so?
It's a desire, not an entitlement
That's more of a want than a need.
Perhaps they mean that it does not satisfy some deep need, perhaps as opposed to a shallow want or desire.
Want may be transient, but need is subjective.