Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave...
by lotsofpulp on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:27PM
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I don’t think it negatively portrays any ideology. No one is alone in this world, and no one’s actions happen in a vacuum. The consequences can not be contained to those who commit the action, so while you might want to be left alone and free, the world you live in doesn’t allow for it. There are compromises to be had between freedom and lack of freedom for the benefit of the community.
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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave...
by hestipod on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:33PM
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>The consequences can not be contained to those who >commit the action, so while you might want to be left >alone and free, the world you live in doesn’t allow for >it.
Also nobody does it all alone, with the possible exception of some rare frontiersman who chops down trees and builds his own house in some wilderness. People want to be left alone, but still use the benefits of society that suit them. People aren't as independent as they imagine but want to feel as such. I live amongst people who happily use services and comforts and infrastructure, but take every opportunity to attack the communal systems that create them as evil and have some idea it should be hundreds of millions of individuals doing what they want how they want.