RE: Conspiracies, Freedoms: Hypocrisy in the USA
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I promise you, we're not all like this.
Many Americans don't buy into the Red vs Blue bullshit these people who want to control our country spread. I define myself as a "Classical Liberal". I believe in individual freedom above all else. People like myself completely agree with statements like "Your right to swing your arms ends at my nose"
I don't agree that the government should be "punishing" people per say for not wearing masks unless they're known to carry the virus, which I understand is impossible to judge in the moment. On the other side of that token, I wear a mask everywhere. Not because my government told me to, but because it's the moral thing to do right now simply due to not knowing who has it.
People like myself understand that the police are given WAY too much money, and become so militarized that their view of their job is often skewed. The often rash killing of American citizens by those who swore an oath to protect us has been ridiculous for quite some time, but when it comes to outright abolishing police? It's just not feasible if you don't want roving bands of marauders.
Again, I advocate for personal freedom. For everyone. No human is any better than the next. No one is inherently bad or good, and no one has the right to force another to act. Personally, I would love to see a borderline anarchy, but alas, the majority of people are too stupid, weak, and as you said, hypocritical, to want true freedom.
Totally agree but this just highlights the inherent flaw built into the system; education. Kids were never taught, for generations, how to think properly: critically, skeptically, even aginst the teachers teaching them how to think. So without punishment - which isn't an option - the only results are extremely dire and there's no fix quicker than multiple generations.
As mentioned in another comment, in Asia, people just inherently understand that wearing masks is a societal good, and working together will help to fight this thing off. Freedom isn't even relevant, since they can still exercise their every day freedoms, just with a mask. Like if it's cold, you wear gloves.
It's quite magical how freedom came into the debate in the US to begin with. If it hadn't maybe the whole use of threats and force wouldn't have even been considered, because like here in Asia, everyone would have just done the common sense things.
I have seen some fringe idiots actually suggesting abolishing the police - such as that ridiculous autonomous zone - but the movement as far as I can tell is largely misunderstood in that they do literally just mean reduce the funding of the police in order to put that money elsewhere where its more valuable for the health of the community, preventing crimes before police are even necessary. Even paedophiles are found to seek help when the help is available for them, before they even commit the crimes their desires force on them.
Honestly, I don't think the ones who even want full anarchy are actually capable of it in practice. I get that it can work in small groups or tribes, but in the modern world it just ain't happening - but that's a debate for another day!
Too many variables. The more people you involve in anything, the more likely it is to fail.