A possible steel man for the opposite position could be that a person hospitalized because of a preventable injury to the head will be of a greater cost to soci

A possible steel man for the opposite position could be that a person hospitalized because of a preventable injury to the head will be of a greater cost to society, and that the sacrifice of personal liberty is outweighed by every dollar going towards something more beneficial. I'm not saying I totally agree with that, but I think it's an argument that's rarely articulated, whereas the more reductive argument of keeping everyone "safe" is almost always the default.