"I want X" can mean "I want state of affairs X to obtain" or "I want to have/control/experience thing X".
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Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
This is a problem when X is ambiguous between states of affairs and things.
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"I want world peace" as "I want whether there is world peace to be a yes" versus as "I want to be the owner of world peace".
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@MemberOfSpecies "I want peace," said the child pointing at the pie1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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