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You're being sarcastic, but there are plenty of places were that is true and those places haven't descended into madness.

• mcphage 6y ago
  Undoubtedly. The US isn't one of those places, however—and the the mandate for clothing hasn't led to a descent into authoritarianism, either.
  • catalogia 6y ago
    The US is not a legal monoculture; there are some parts of the US where public nudity is permitted. Example (NSFW, article contains some nudity): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_nudity_in_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_nudity_in_San_Francisco Laws concerning toplesness also vary across the US. It's legal in many places for women to go topless, yet rarely does anybody actually do so. My point here is that laws are not actually the reason most people wear clothing; their personal preferences are the reason. Where clothing laws don't exist or aren't enforced, virtually everybody still wears clothes. (Also, I think this all has very little to do with covid-19.)
    • mcphage 6y ago
      It’s pretty simple: lots of people have problems with having to wear a mask, but remarkably few have problems with being forced to wear clothes. And you’re right, people will generally do it, even without being forced. So whatever peoples’ aversion to wearing masks is, it’s nothing to do with being forced to wear an additional article of clothing.