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It’s good idea to accept that the risk analysis of someone making 6 figures here is absolutely different than that of someone who is living paycheck to paycheck
by SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
It’s good idea to accept that the risk analysis of someone making 6 figures here is absolutely different than that of someone who is living paycheck to paycheck. This is why it’s been so frustrating to see “YOU’RE TRYING TO MURDER PEOPLE” from one side and “muh freedom” from the other. There is nuance of course.
I think it’s super interesting how differently this all looks to different people.
But I can’t think even during Spanish Flu that First Amendment rights were so heavily infringed - good reasons or not. Best I could find on the topic was the heavy fines for spitting in public in 1918.
- edmundsauto 6y agoThe 1918 flu pandemic is not a good baseline, except for identifying where we fell short in science, public policy, and action. Remember, 50M+ people died (>500K Americans) at a time when there were maybe 1.5B people around. People weren't quarantined. The death toll was much higher. Not saying those two are directly correlated -- many other factors -- but there's not a good comparison on the "rights" front because of that death toll.
- nradov 6y agoNews media was actually heavily censored in 1918 due to the Sedition Act. It was literally "fake news".