Those were isolated enough incidents to be newsworthy, and public health measures have plenty of precedence in US history. Whether or not you think they are an

Those were isolated enough incidents to be newsworthy, and public health measures have plenty of precedence in US history. Whether or not you think they are an abuse of power, they are absolutely not indicative of a decline in freedom. And I'm not even talking about slavery, I'm talking about the 20th century. Heck, over my lifetime I have seen vaccine mandates go from something that was normal, uncontroversial, and you'd be seen as a weird radical if you were against them -- to a hot topic of public debate.