Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by dublin on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:34PM
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Or refuse, and enhance the herd immunity, which is the only thing that will ever really slow the virus in the first place. (Like the flu and colds, this virus will be with us forever and cannot be eradicated, because unlike smallpox and the like, this one has both animal and human hosts...)
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by andybak on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:41PM
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I rather think "let's go for herd immunity" is something we need to collectively decide. It's a huge decision and impacts everyone. Like many decisions with collective impact, we rightly restrict the rights of individuals to go their own way on it.
Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by leereeves on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:51PM
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Obviously there isn't collective agreement for a mandate. Are you saying the government should impose a mandate without collectively deciding, or even debating?
Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by andybak on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:28AM
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That points to a tricky, general problem in political theory and one we've struggled with for millenia. I don't have an answer but I do think there's a middle ground between "authoritarian diktat" and "everyone does what the hell they want".