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> the idea that government shouldn't do anything. That's not an option when there's a disease ripping though society Yes it is an option, always. Government a
by vikingerik 5y ago
> the idea that government shouldn't do anything. That's not an option when there's a disease ripping though society
Yes it is an option, always. Government always has the option to do nothing and leave people to their own decisions. There is no objective truth that this should ever have been any kind of government issue at all.
If you use an emergency to justify expanding government power, what you get is a perpetual emergency.
- minikites 5y agoHow should this pandemic have been addressed, then? How would "leav[ing] people to their own decisions" address climate change, or any other national/global issue?
- glial 5y ago> Government always has the option to do nothing and leave people to their own decisions. Government doing nothing doesn't just leave us to our own decisions, it makes us more vulnerable to the decisions of others. You could even argue that the whole point of a government is to limit the impact that my decisions have on you, and vice versa.