Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
You are missing the point that in a libertarian society it is up to the individual to decide what is right for them and not be dictated to by a government authority.
Does that person also accept responsibility if they don’t wear a mask and infect others, or don’t get vaccinated and clog up the medical system? Eventually a society of millions individuals doing what they want will lead to disaster. Look at how well East Asian societies have controlled the pandemic, with their emphasis on collective rights and following the directives to stop the outbreaks vs most western nations, especially “Liberty Central” USA and how all those individuals deciding they weren’t going to let the government tell them to wear a mask worked out?
You realise this sort of stuff would have started civil wars 100 years ago, but now we are so soft that it is all just 'accepted'.
Yeah, you’re right, about 100 years ago there’s no way Australians would’ve tolerated this bullsh-
The Australian Quarantine Service monitored the spread of the pandemic and implemented maritime quarantine on 17 October 1918
The city of Sydney implemented strict measures in an attempt to limit the spread of the disease. This included closing schools and places of entertainment and mandating the use of masks.
In Perth, the combination of the city’s relative isolation and effective state border quarantine control ensured that pneumonic influenza didn’t appear there until June 1919.
1919: Influenza pandemic reaches Australia
The problem with all this is that it could be used as a basis of a proper permanent removal of liberty and a move toward a much more totalitarian state. Only time will tell on that one.
Ok live with that paranoia if you want. In Australia we’ve already decided as a society we don’t want the extreme libertarianism of the USA by having things like gun control, universal healthcare and mandated annual and personal leave provisions.