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It's like having to wear a helmet when you ride a bike, you might say why does the government cares, it's my life after all. But the problem with this logic is
by simias 6y ago
It's like having to wear a helmet when you ride a bike, you might say why does the government cares, it's my life after all.
But the problem with this logic is that if you fuck up hard enough you effectively become a liability for society. You'll hit the safety net and tax dollar will be spent helping you recover. And that's a good thing in my opinion, but because of this we can't just watch people going "YOLO" and putting themselves in extremely precarious situations and say nothing.
If the guy ends up on food stamps, society will pay for those. It's therefore in society's best interest to prevent this insane risk taking.
- opportune 6y agoYou don’t end up on food stamps by blowing your savings
- pmiller2 6y agoYou do if, say, you get laid off the following week due to a deadly pandemic.
- pastage 6y agoWho decides what is risky enough to warrant that? Your example with bicycle helmets is a perfect example, helmet usage is not correlated with less bicycle accidents/injuries. The greater risk is that people choose a car just because they do not have a bicycle helmet, considering long term health should be a part of it.