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Of course I could make this argument, and it would be a very valid argument too. There are pros and cons to each system, do you really believe free societies h

Of course I could make this argument, and it would be a very valid argument too. There are pros and cons to each system, do you really believe free societies has absolutely zero trade offs or drawbacks?

partiallypro 6y ago
No I don't believe there are no trade offs, I believe a free society is a vastly superior system despite its drawbacks. I'm sure if the United States government did a strict lockdown and welded the doors shut of COVID patients and left them to die, we'd have a much lower case count.
- Cookingboy 6y ago
  > I'm sure if the United States government did a strict lockdown and welded the doors shut of COVID patients and left them to die No country did that, why are you making things up? China stopped people from leaving their houses but at the same time provide supplies and delivered food through organized effort for weeks. That was well documented by even foreigners living there. Hell, let's not use China's example, what about countries like Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, etc all managed to be both democracies and selectively enforce rules at the same time?
  - partiallypro 6y ago
    There is video evidence of China welding and barricading apartment doors shut with people still inside. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818 https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/is-china-locking-up-entire-residential-buildings-with-people-inside-to-stop-the-coronavirus/ar-BBZOrXP https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/is-china-locking-up-ent... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/business/china-coronavirus-wuhan-surveillance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/business/china-coronaviru... >Hell, let's not use China's example, what about countries like Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, etc all managed to be both democracies and selectively enforce rules at the same time? Not sure what your point is here. If you're saying information is a virus to society and we need reasonable restrictions on it to save it...I don't agree and there isn't much if any recorded history to support that assertion. Information and expression doesn't kill, it's not a virus. It's not even a comparison.
    - Cookingboy 6y ago
      >I don't agree and there isn't much if any recorded history to support that assertion. Information and expression doesn't kill What the hell? Are you serious? Yes, anti-semitism never killed anyone, anti-vaccine misinformation never hurt anyone, and calling Covid a hoax didn't cause any unnecessary death either /s. >it's not a virus It's not, because it spreads far, far faster than even the most dangerous virus.

partiallypro 6y ago

No I don't believe there are no trade offs, I believe a free society is a vastly superior system despite its drawbacks. I'm sure if the United States government did a strict lockdown and welded the doors shut of COVID patients and left them to die, we'd have a much lower case count.

Cookingboy 6y ago
> I'm sure if the United States government did a strict lockdown and welded the doors shut of COVID patients and left them to die No country did that, why are you making things up? China stopped people from leaving their houses but at the same time provide supplies and delivered food through organized effort for weeks. That was well documented by even foreigners living there. Hell, let's not use China's example, what about countries like Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, etc all managed to be both democracies and selectively enforce rules at the same time?
- partiallypro 6y ago
  There is video evidence of China welding and barricading apartment doors shut with people still inside. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1703503427818 https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/is-china-locking-up-entire-residential-buildings-with-people-inside-to-stop-the-coronavirus/ar-BBZOrXP https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/is-china-locking-up-ent... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/business/china-coronavirus-wuhan-surveillance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/business/china-coronaviru... >Hell, let's not use China's example, what about countries like Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, etc all managed to be both democracies and selectively enforce rules at the same time? Not sure what your point is here. If you're saying information is a virus to society and we need reasonable restrictions on it to save it...I don't agree and there isn't much if any recorded history to support that assertion. Information and expression doesn't kill, it's not a virus. It's not even a comparison.
  - Cookingboy 6y ago
    >I don't agree and there isn't much if any recorded history to support that assertion. Information and expression doesn't kill What the hell? Are you serious? Yes, anti-semitism never killed anyone, anti-vaccine misinformation never hurt anyone, and calling Covid a hoax didn't cause any unnecessary death either /s. >it's not a virus It's not, because it spreads far, far faster than even the most dangerous virus.