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Are Covid passports a threat to liberty? It depends on how you define freedom | Maria Alvarez
The pandemic is once again causing governments to pit incompatible ideas of freedom against each other, says professor of philosophy Maria Alvarezwww.theguardian.com
The people who have no problem with over 100,000 dead British and 500,000 dead Americans are the same ones who cry and moan over common-sense, life-saving measures. Such as businesses' rights to not admit narcissistic anti-vaxxers.
Here's the thing about liberty: It only works in moderation. Unlimited liberty means I can literally do whatever I want to you, and whoever "wins" is decided by brute force. Barbarism. Unlimited liberty is, in practice, no liberty at all. The best liberty is freedom within limits.
There's another aspect to this: Healthcare IS freedom. If you have that vaccine, you're going to get the freedom to more safely do things you haven't gotten to do in over a year. If you have affordable healthcare, you have the freedom to live your life not being one health event away from bankruptcy.
So we see that the actual opponents of freedom are the ones who oppose anti-coronavirus measures, not the sensible people who support them.
and 500,000 dead Americans
Just stop
2 1/2 million die in America normally every single year