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Originally Posted by Chris M
Liberty is freedom of choice. Like my body, my choice. Free to choose sheltering in place. Freedom to choose isn't the enemy. The enemy is nominds like you who don't respect freedom of choice.
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In a way the current situation is similar to times when our great nation was on a wartime footing: think WWII, for example.
The gov't enacted many draconian laws which severely impacted ones liberty interests, and it was deemed appropriate by the courts and the general public due to the perceived consequences of not adopting such harsh laws.
We interred Japanese nationals and seized their property (didn't do it to German nationalss though; gee, I wonder why not?).
More to the point we adopted very strict rationing: the law said no matter how much money you had, no matter what your need, this is all you got.
Many people felt that the rationing laws shouldn't and didn't apply to them, and they turned to the black market, which undermined the national effort.