• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    often people vote to restrict their own freedoms.

    Yeah, but usually in trade for something else. Gun laws, building code, mandatory driver licensing, having to pay for that soda pop; these are good restrictions we trade for safety, health, and reliable commerce.

    I have no idea what Americans are getting out of the restrictions on freedom they’ve voted into effect recently.

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      17 days ago

      I have no idea what Americans are getting out of the restrictions on freedom they’ve voted into effect recently.

      Mostly it’s supremacist validation fed by self-destructive cultural narrative. Which kind of supremacist depends on the individual.

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      17 days ago

      You’d be surprised how many people happily volunteer to suffer so long as they know the people you’ve convinced them to hate are suffering more.