Originally Posted by
hummingbear
You’re either equating your comfort with freedom or someone else’s freedom with comfort- you can’t have it both ways. There is no truly free society- we all give up some amount of personal freedom for the functioning of a healthy & safe community. (Social Contract Theory.) Each of our personal freedoms exist only to the extent they don’t place undue burden on those around us or society at large. Yes, there’s a greater discussion to be had on this specific point, but in general, your perception of being a free actor is not the ultimate factor in how our conflicting interests are balanced.
Your argument in society at large may well hold water and just barely as society at large is so uneducated regarding what is required to maintain liberty. In this I may agree slightly, only specific words, with Socrates views on voting amongst the masses. With regards to COVID and the necessity to force vaccinations, the evidence isn’t definitive enough to justify loss of freedom, as is evidenced by the large numbers of hestitant. Social contract theory, no thanks, garbage about creating laws without giving credence to their origins, theory it should remain.