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Anti-maskers in America fall into the group that believes in small government, so they see mandatory masks as a huge overreach of power and an attack on their f
by soared 6y ago
Anti-maskers in America fall into the group that believes in small government, so they see mandatory masks as a huge overreach of power and an attack on their freedom/metaphorical muzzle/etc.
- hogFeast 6y agoBut the reason you wear a mask is to protect other people. The point of liberty is the freedom to do what you want to do without imposing costs on other people. If you believe that you are free to use your neighbour's bathroom, you are free to have that belief but not to impose that belief on your neighbour. Liberty does not mean my beliefs to the exclusion of others (indeed, it is the opposite, tyranny is attempting to impose beliefs on others). And public health is one of those areas in which, I believe, the role of govt is questioned by very few libertarians (the converse of this view is ludicrous, the point of a public health crisis is that it imposes costs to individuals that are less than the cost to the group). So...it is hard to understand. Maybe the "Live Free or Die" crowd have a secret vanity?