Murray Rothbard on the state…
Tag: pursuit of happiness
Covid’s nasty – there’s more to life than imprisoning ourselves
It is not an accident that the US constitution gives equal weight to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as the guiding principles for government.
A concern for life and health must always be balanced with a concern to protect spaces for us to do our own thing and to define wellbeing in our own way.
A pandemic may be a chance for some medical leaders to impose their ideas of how people should live – but it does not mean they should be allowed to do so.
It is time to stop “following the science” and to recognise we are making choices about the sort of society we want to live in.
Hellbound and Down 
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