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Incarceration is knowing you cannot move two steps to the left without being severely punished. Social distancing is an inconvenience; it is not incarceration.
by dleslie 7y ago
Incarceration is knowing you cannot move two steps to the left without being severely punished.
Social distancing is an inconvenience; it is not incarceration.
- jariel 7y agoWhy would you try to split hairs about the editorialization of a word ... and then provide a totally false definition of the term? There are no forms of general incarceration wherein 'moving two steps will get you punished'. But it's beside the point: Billions of people are forcibly confined to areas and activities in the most blindingly and openly transgression of 'liberty' in the history of civilization. If I go and visit my mother - if I go pick up a frame for that painting - if I walk down the street with a friend - I face an $800 fine and actual 'classical' incarceration. This is considerably more aggressive than marshall law in many ways. To ignore this while at the same time making 'pre Coronavirus' arguments about 'contract tracing and privacy' is deeply unwise. Obviously privacy matters, obviously we have to be worried about the state gaining too much influence whilst using the calamity as an excuse.