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This argument is so tired. It applies to almost every single service provided by any government anywhere. New traffic regulations? Everyone needs transportatio
by landryraccoon 5y ago
This argument is so tired. It applies to almost every single service provided by any government anywhere.
New traffic regulations? Everyone needs transportation to get somewhere. Controlling transport controls everything. This is a road to tyranny, etc, etc..
New worker's regulations? Everyone needs a job in our economy! Controlling wages controls people's lives! This is authoritarianism, etc...
New taxes? Everything you need to survive could be taxed! When does it end?? etc, etc..
The most minor policy change anywhere runs into this utterly inane argument. Updated food standards? Building codes? Public hearing to add a stop sign? When will this government overreach end???
It's tired, it's pointless, it's been said millions of times by the same libertarian/anarchists for a century. It adds nothing new to the conversation.