SolarCross wrote:There is some merit to the notion that we are born free. Go out into the wild and you see nothing but freedom, in all its majestic brutality.
Liberty is not granted by constitutions or laws but constrained by them. We might well make a case that some constraints on liberty are for our own good but let us not pretend that the constraints grant liberty.
Keep it real kids.
Yes, we should keep it real.
Do we live as complete loners in the woods? No. Even hunter gatherer groups who do live in forests do not live alone. They live in groups.
So, if we define freedom as being independent of society and its obligations, we are not born free. We would actually die if that were the case, since we are entirely dependent on other humans when we are born.
So, let us keep it real, kids.
We live in groups. In order to get groups to work together, everyone has to agree on some ground rules.
Right, now, those rules are: stay home, wash your hands, only go out for necessities, stay six feet from each other, et cetera. We are doing this because old people and people with compromised immune systems will die or otherwise use an ever dwindling supply of medical resources.
But if you want to live your reality if being free by living alone in the woods, please note that it would not defy the bill mentioned in the OP.