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This country was founded on the opposite of that; there's a lot of people who live here who identify with that spirit. There's also a litany of unjust laws in t
by icelancer 6y ago
This country was founded on the opposite of that; there's a lot of people who live here who identify with that spirit. There's also a litany of unjust laws in the past that were enforced regularly that we look very much down on today. Whether that happens in the future with COVID-19 regulations, who knows, but blind respect of the law is not really something Americans are known for.
- teachrdan 6y ago> There's also a litany of unjust laws in the past that were enforced regularly that we look very much down on today. Are you seriously comparing Alameda County's shelter in place ordinance to slavery?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoWhy would you assume that's the reference? Many unjust laws have existed in American history other than legalized slavery.
- teachrdan 6y ago> unjust laws in the past that were enforced regularly that we look very much down on today What else would they be referring to, besides perhaps the internment of Japanese Americans, Jim Crow, or other laws that have absurdly little in common with the shelter in place ordinance that's keeping Tesla's factory temporarily closed?
- yadaeno 6y agoThe prohibition or the classification of marijuana as a schedule 1 narcotic.
- astronautjones 6y agopeak hn
- cecja 6y agojust wait we will get a hitler reference :D
- cma 6y ago> For as in absolute governments the King is law, > so in free countries the law ought to be king; > and there ought to be no other. > >-Thomas Paine
- enumjorge 6y agoI agree that blind respect of the law is not inline with American culture, but petulant disrespect of the law should not be encouraged either. The way Musk has been conducting himself lately strikes me less as someone who is pushing back against irrational dogma, and more like someone who's throwing a tantrum because he's unhappy that a pandemic is hindering his ability to run his business.
- icelancer 6y agoI wouldn't disagree with that. I'm enjoying it all the same.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 6y agoDid you read more the the tweets? his recent Joe Rogan interview shows the contrary.
- pengaru 6y ago> his recent Joe Rogan interview shows the contrary I listened to the interview and found Elon ridiculously dismissive of the risks and when he started arguing Shanghai's gigafactory not having any employees die of COVID-19 was proof of the shutdown being unnecessary, it became hard to continue listening at all. How many of those workers got infected and went on the increase community spread to non-employees? Why are we only considering employee deaths? It's as willfully ignorant as people saying things like "I don't wear a mask because I don't have any symptoms."
- rcMgD2BwE72F 6y agoYou can also consider the effects of reopening factories (like Tesla's Shanghai) on the spread of C19 and view the manufacturers' sanitary policies as successful (in avoiding a rapid 2nd wave). I guess Musk talks about deaths (over thousands of employees) because it's the most reliable indicator, one that does not depend on, say, testing policies.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoBlind respect of the law is looked down upon - but there are proper channels to change the law as defined in our constitution and proper protest. Read the federalist papers and the actual writings of our forefathers. You will be quite surprised. The constitution was framed to prevent the people from being stupid and killing the nation just as much as it was to prevent a monarchy.