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The war on personal freedom in general is on the rise.

• coldtea 2y ago
  It's for your own good. Democracy is under danger, especially by the voters /s
  • vundercind 2y ago
    To be fair, death-by-voter is a fairly common way for democracies to die, so—putting aside what that may or may not justify from a policy perspective, the sentiment isn’t silly. Voters really are one of the greatest dangers to democracy, that’s just true.
    • coldtea 2y ago
      >To be fair, death-by-voter is a fairly common way for democracies to die, so—putting aside what that may or may not justify from a policy perspective, the sentiment isn’t silly. Voters really are one of the greatest dangers to democracy, that’s just true. This judgement requires assuming an external position that "knows better", which is inherently incompatible with democracy. Voters can't be a danger to democracy by definition, even if they vote to end democracy and elect a strongman, well, that was their democratic wish. I think democracies usually die because of the incompetence of party leaders, policy advisors, and primarily elites. Often the public tries to pivot away from that incompetence by voting, but always get politicians backtracking on their promises (and have no resource, given most not-exactly-direct-democratic election systems, to punish them until the next elections, and not for the things they backtracked or failed on - they had to do it for everything).
    • nojvek 2y ago
      Well, we vote for representatives, not for the policies. And there isn't much choice in representatives. Wish we had more choice than Trump or Biden but here we are again after 4 years. There is little churn in Senate as well. Supreme court justice positions are for life. We're not that far from the ways of Monarchs. The powerful will guard their power.
• swayvil 2y ago
  It's for your health. The scientists know better than you.
  • lopis 2y ago
    It's for the sake of the children, as always.
    • deleted 2y ago
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  • consp 2y ago
    > The scientists know better than you. No scientists were harmed (or involved) in this farce.
    • _mlbt 2y ago
      I’m presuming that was a reference to the “trust the science” that was used to silence any dissent against the official narrative during the COVID pandemic.
• DoodahMan 2y ago
  why won't you think of the children?
  • ranyume 2y ago
    maybe he is