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I wish the people that have an emotional aversion against the term should look into countries that have less freedom and go there. It began with free speech an
by raxxorrax 5y ago
I wish the people that have an emotional aversion against the term should look into countries that have less freedom and go there.
It began with free speech and we had people championed whose only qualification was affluent neglect.
If you seriously want Covid restriction, impose them on yourself. Maybe you will find followers. That the government used emergency powers is only a sign of its failure.
It is true that freedom and equality will at some point collide and yet they are dependencies of each other in modern societies. That is not a contradiction if you do not impose false dichotomies. But in the end freedom never did impose totalitarianism while people being forced into solidarity very often ended as slaves.
- pfortuny 5y agoIndeed. "You must be good and I must compel you to" is the way to totalitarianism. As is "you must let me make you happy" (this is the communist ideal).
- netizen-936824 5y agoMy opinion of the US CSA drug laws is similar. Its illegal for someone to possess a substance, because the government wants to protect people from their own bad choices? How entirely absurd. We don't have true freedom if we don't have bodily autonomy.