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Look at you! What an intellectual you are. You sure got my number. That's me, afraid of freedom. Freedom is good, there are clearly no bounds to freedom. There
by hayst4ck 6y ago
Look at you! What an intellectual you are. You sure got my number. That's me, afraid of freedom. Freedom is good, there are clearly no bounds to freedom. There are clearly no counter forces to freedom.
You know what the cost of freedom is? Education. When you are educated freedom is good, but when you are not, it is dangerous.
Being able to directly install a virus is a freedom, and for a security researcher or human rights abuser that might be great, but I don’t want my mom to have the freedom to install a virus. Should virus creators be able to load their software into a store and market it as they wish? No? But what about their freedom?! What about my freedom to download viruses?!
Not getting a vaccine is a form of freedom, but what does that do for herd immunity if too much of the population isn’t smart enough to handle the freedom not to vax?
Do you like nutrition labels? Seems like it limits the freedom that food companies have to market their products.
I think all fishermen should have the right to fish as many fish as they can. What right do we have to limit peoples livelihood?!
Why can't kids take heroin if they want? Why are we limiting their freedom to conduct their lives the way they wish?
You use the word freedom like you understand it, but then fail to understand the cost of freedom.
For you and me freedom is great, we're probably educated and well read. For mom and dad, they need a bit more of a curated experience because they don't have the knowledge or experience which would allow them to protect themselves or understand their own choices.
- hyperman1 6y agoThis same discussion has been fought out with voting rights. Clearly only the big land owners should vote. The average peasant does not have the knowledge or experience required to participate in governing a country. Same for women. Peasants should stay on their land, women in their kitchens, voting should happen by those educated and well read. The people claiming this were probably right, but the solution was radically different from what they envisioned: Peasants and women fought for the right to get schooling. The news became available for everyone. They got in fact the tools needed to perform the job. We should strive for the same things here. Even knowing a majority might get malware or vote for Trump. The minority that makes maximal use of the given opportunities has demonstrated they will make the world a better place for all of us.