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Originally Posted by elphenor
certainly you have autonomy, so choice does matter
but precisely nobody is going through life always making the right decision
the degree to which a poor decision ends up keeping you down largely comes down to your social class
and the decisions you end up making are influenced by your environment
so in a practical sense, it's a wash
I think this is what I've been consistently saying
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Nobody consistently makes the right decisions because nobody is perfect. You can still affect your outcome by your decisions.
It's true that people are influenced in their decision making but once again there is nothing inevitable about how you are influenced. If social cues influence your decisions, then so does the importance you ascribe to decision making. So if you view them as mostly pointless, you have no incentive to make any sacrifices or abstain from any impulses.
I know my decisions matter because I know what my impulses are. Living at a half way house and trying to slowly pay off my debt to the state isn't a glamorous existence. But I know first hand that it can be much worse.