I think we disagree on the point at which violations of autonomy by state actors are warranted. I don’t think systems predicated upon the top-down management of human behavior works for the same reasons economies can’t be managed that way: it doesn’t scale and leads to tyranny.
False analogy. Unfettered communication yields huge benefits and minimal existential risk. Unfettered weapon ownership yields little benefit and huge existential risk.
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lol. This is why this is pointless. You naively assert little benefit by decree based entirely on your own biases. The whole point is that many people believe that weapon ownership yields a great deal of benefit. One might even draw a correlation b/w the 1/2 amendments...
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And argue that one reason why your own nation is rapidly losing its ability to speak freely is because your government in no way fears its people.
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