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Fighting for better health is authoritarianism now? that's a new one. I did not hear that argument when countries are raising cigarette taxes. Australia with on
by realusername 10y ago
Fighting for better health is authoritarianism now? that's a new one. I did not hear that argument when countries are raising cigarette taxes. Australia with one of the highest cigarette tax is also a socialist country then?
The laissez faire regarding food in the US does not seem to work very well since the US is one of the worst developed country regarding obesity.
- drdaeman 10y agoState imposing its rules (state authority) over peoples' own decisions (personal freedoms) is authoritarian-leaning, by the definition of how things are on the authoritarian-libertarian axis. Of course it doesn't make state authoritarian, but adding points towards that direction on that axis.
- paulddraper 10y ago> Fighting for better health is authoritarianism now? that's a new one. No definition of authoritarianism has ever defined there to be good or bad motivations for the laws, just that they are strict and limit personal freedom. > did not hear that argument when countries are raising cigarette taxes. You haven't?!? Then what arguments against raising cigarette taxes have you heard?