Define "freedom" though. It's a powerful word that we toss around a lot, but I don't think many people really give much thought to what it actually is, beyond 'being able to do what I want without someone trying to stop me.' Which is problematic if what you want to do is, say, rape children.
Yes. Wholly. No questions. My right to bear arms is more important than your illusion of safety.
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Yet total freedom leads to anarchy, which isn't safe for anyone.
So the correct answer is no. I have a right to safety, and so do others. Nobody has the freedom to enter my home uninvited. Nobody has the freedom to mow down pedestrians by driving on the sidewalk.
Freedom comes with rules and regulations in order to keep things balanced and people safe.
We have those rules, and still someone came into my home. They hurt my dogs, wrecked my walls, stole years of my life, and got away scot free.
Rules and regulations, sure. But never at the cost of taking from me my autonomy, and sure as fuck not at the cost of my ability to defend myself and mine.
I'll gladly take anarchy of anything closer to it, over the opposite.
But those rules already *are* at the cost of your autonomy, it's just that you choose to exercise that autonomy by defending you and yours, and not by, say, raping children.
Violating the autonomy of others is not a valid way to exercise one's own.
You realize that it's easiest to victimize people in a system, no? People will be victimized regardless, but without a system, or even in a minimal one, the victim or their allies can resist and fight. In a system? That's where Epsteins and their ilk thrive.
I don't imagine rapists are all that concerned by the validity of their actions, generally. No, anarchy would be shit. Schools and hospitals are awesome, and your autonomy is every bit as illusory as my safety. No man is an island.
So the correct answer is no. I have a right to safety, and so do others. Nobody has the freedom to enter my home uninvited. Nobody has the freedom to mow down pedestrians by driving on the sidewalk.
Freedom comes with rules and regulations in order to keep things balanced and people safe.
Rules and regulations, sure. But never at the cost of taking from me my autonomy, and sure as fuck not at the cost of my ability to defend myself and mine.
I'll gladly take anarchy of anything closer to it, over the opposite.
You realize that it's easiest to victimize people in a system, no? People will be victimized regardless, but without a system, or even in a minimal one, the victim or their allies can resist and fight. In a system? That's where Epsteins and their ilk thrive.
My autonomy is nothing near illusionary.