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The fact that any educated person would have this view of public health and compliance is more troubling than the lions share of American politics. Please thin
by 71a54xd 5y ago
The fact that any educated person would have this view of public health and compliance is more troubling than the lions share of American politics. Please think deeply whether you'd really like to live in a literal police state.
- pope_meat 5y agolooks around Are you sure it's not a police state already? I think you're just concerned it's starting to be noticable to folks in the middle class too, cause the poor have been well aware of the fact that we live in a police state. Evidence: US prison population compared to, well, any other country in the world, even the ones you know to be police states already. Whether you look at total population, or per capita, it's the same answer, #1 in the world at locking up it's own residents.
- bitwize 5y agoAmerican politics has shown that you literally have to point a gun at people's heads to get them to comply with public safety measures that will slow or prevent the spread of COVID -- because "muh freedom". Unfortunately, this is one thing American political philosophy got wrong: All freedom is contingent. And the realpolitik of "the right to swing my fist ends at the other person's face" is, if stepping outside jeopardizes public health then you stay the fuck indoors on pain of being arrested or shot.