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> Fundamentally, you can't leave people to make the decision "spread the airborne pathogen" when that affects other people to this extent. Because....? When i
by naasking 4y ago
> Fundamentally, you can't leave people to make the decision "spread the airborne pathogen" when that affects other people to this extent.
Because....?
When it comes down to it, you're arguing for a type of society that prioritizes certain values, and those who disagree with those policies are arguing for a society that prioritizes different values. You are not automatically right or morally superior simply because you value safety more than freedom.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoNot even safety. The ruling class has shown itself to be greedy, untrustworthy, and incompetent in their response to everything from climate change to hurricanes to pandemics to wars to corporate regulation. It astounds me that people look at the utterly bungled and hare brained government responses to covid (or 9/11 or Katrina or the war on drugs or Vietnam) and can turn around say, "See? We need to give these corrupt greedy nitwits even more power to control our lives."