WTF want need Obviously the idiot that wrote the need for instant gratification failed economics 101 A need is something you must have for survival that isn t instant gratification A want is something that you would like to have but can live without The guy that edited this is probably a consumerist moron with thousands in credit card debt Debtors are fools that shouldn t be allowed to own anything This is why a fully market economy can t end poverty Only those with a proper education should be allowed to participate in a market economy Fools that don t know the difference between a want and a need should be owned by their employer Their employer can better determine what they need than themselves Poverty would be eliminated by this mix of a command and market economies The remaining unemployed fat and lazy fools can go to jail I am now going to correct the article because I m a genius and the previous editor is not 76 178 252 151