More likely, they read wants as meaning `desires' rather than `lacks,' but that might well be a deliberate, facetious ambiguity.
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(ROOT (S (S (ADJP (RBR More) (JJ likely))) (, ,) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP read) (SBAR (SBAR (S (VP (VBZ wants) (PP (IN as) (S (VP (VBG meaning) (ADJP (`` `) (JJ desires) ('' ') (PP (RB rather) (IN than) (ADJP (`` `) (ADJP (JJ lacks)) (, ,) ('' ')))))))))) (CC but) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (MD might) (ADVP (RB well)) (VP (VB be) (NP (DT a) (ADJP (JJ deliberate) (, ,) (JJ facetious)) (NX (NN ambiguity))))))))) (. .)))
Everybody always reads that wants means lacks, rather than meaning desires.
( Everybody ( always ( ( reads ( that ( wants ( means ( ( lacks , ) ( rather ( than ( meaning desires ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NN Everybody)) (ADVP (RB always)) (VP (VBZ reads) (SBAR (IN that) (S (VP (VBZ wants) (SBAR (S (NP (NNS means)) (VP (VBZ lacks) (, ,) (PP (RB rather) (IN than) (S (VP (VBG meaning) (NP (NNS desires)))))))))))) (. .)))