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.
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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".