As much as I agree with the general idea, I feel like this exact hard-line approach to freedoms is what got the US where it is today. Daily Mass shootings as a consequence of not abolishing the freedom to own guns, no worker protection as consequence of not losing entrepreneurial freedoms.
I know thats not what Picard had in mind here, but he and his dialogue were written by US authors influenced by this system
And free speech was never absolute. Forget yelling fire in a crowded etc, no sane person thinks that you should be allowed to commit fraud, for example.
Yep those chains are actually there for a reason in some cases, like antivaxers willingly spreading misinformation that affects public health, people who encourage others to self harm, swindle the elderly, etc.
As much as I agree with the general idea, I feel like this exact hard-line approach to freedoms is what got the US where it is today. Daily Mass shootings as a consequence of not abolishing the freedom to own guns, no worker protection as consequence of not losing entrepreneurial freedoms.
I know thats not what Picard had in mind here, but he and his dialogue were written by US authors influenced by this system
And free speech was never absolute. Forget yelling fire in a crowded etc, no sane person thinks that you should be allowed to commit fraud, for example.
Indeed.
Philosophies are good things to hold, but you can certainly take them to extremes and end up doing yourself/wider society a disservice.
Yep those chains are actually there for a reason in some cases, like antivaxers willingly spreading misinformation that affects public health, people who encourage others to self harm, swindle the elderly, etc.