•  LukeZaz   ( @LukeZaz@beehaw.org ) 
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    14 days ago

    Monopolies depend on the government to exist.

    I very much disagree but respect a desire to not get into a debate, so I’ll leave it there.

    I really don’t know what that means

    “Your freedom ends at my face” is a saying used often here to contend with right-wing group’s insistence on “freedom,” often the kind that involves harming others; e.g. free speech absolutism and the “freedom” to spout neo-Nazi rhetoric that advocates for the murder of minorities, or the “freedom” to not get vaccinated and thus worsen a pandemic. A more full version might be “Your freedom to throw a punch ends where my face begins.” The idea is that it is fair to restrict a freedom if it supports the freedom of others — you might not trust governments to determine where those lines lie, and that’s fair, but that’s a separate issue.