> There have been a number of high-profile demonstrations lately that people cannot be trusted. People in the government, or somewhere else? Trusted to do what

> There have been a number of high-profile demonstrations lately that people cannot be trusted. People in the government, or somewhere else? Trusted to do what you want them to, or? > Why shouldn't we ban something, if its harm can be rigorously shown and yet people persist in using it? Automobiles fit that bill. The problem is that the (well meaning) authoritarians believe that their equation for the cost and value of everything is the one true gold standard that society must set its clock and run by. > What does this lofty commitment to "freedom" actually buy? Lots of things. For you specifically, the freedom to isolate yourself at home, the freedom to wear a mask in public, and the freedom to decide to get vaccinated and make other decisions about your personal medical treatments. You didn't think without freedom that you'll still get to do what you want and the only change is that others will also be made to do what you want, right?