> Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences. [...] The two properties that characterize all addictive stimuli are that they are reinforcing (i.e., they increase the likelihood that a person will seek repeated exposure to them) and intrinsically rewarding (i.e., they are perceived as being inherently positive, desirable, and pleasurable).
It is a psychological definition of addiction. It is all about compulsive behaviour of seeking for some stimuli and nothing about the hijacking of the reward system or use of government violence. What does it mean to hijack the reward system and how to demarcate it from "to be actually rewarding"? Is eating of high-carb food actually rewarding? You can get a lot of cheap calories this way.
> Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences. [...] The two properties that characterize all addictive stimuli are that they are reinforcing (i.e., they increase the likelihood that a person will seek repeated exposure to them) and intrinsically rewarding (i.e., they are perceived as being inherently positive, desirable, and pleasurable).
It is a psychological definition of addiction. It is all about compulsive behaviour of seeking for some stimuli and nothing about the hijacking of the reward system or use of government violence. What does it mean to hijack the reward system and how to demarcate it from "to be actually rewarding"? Is eating of high-carb food actually rewarding? You can get a lot of cheap calories this way.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction