Armed mobs: the grim apotheosis of liberEgalitarian
Libertarians do not react well to the tyranny of the experts. They smell it a mile away. They get worried when, in a time where a lot is still unknown, no one seems to be going off script. The egalitarians scare them more. Younger people who are very unlikely to get very sick at all have been scared into compliance, the kind that lets authoritarians seize the day.
Egalitarians are afraid that if mask discipline is not enforced, they are at risk (including from people who have immunity from being sick). Doctors and nurses do not need PPE if they have had symptoms and recovered. The libertarians smell a rat - one that urges permanent social distance. Human interaction and getting sick is a protective factor. The CDC guidance will, if followed in the long term, make us vulnerable. The fact that no one is arguing the point is cause for alarm. So is the prospect of throwing more money into a market with a declining supply of labor and materials. Also cause for alarm.
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