It's one of those great terms that tells you more about the person using it than about the policy they're referring to 1/
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It's usually about a policy that is seen as overly interfering with everyday life: banning beer, early closing times for bars etc 2/
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But the whole point about a 'nanny state' is that it's entirely subjective. Most people are happy to have regulations that protects them 3/
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When you see someone crying about a new nanny state regulation, they are often protesting something that has good evidence behind it 4/
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Take smoking legislation. There's ~literally~ no argument that it is saving countless lives and HUGE amounts of money 5/
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Australia is also bang in line with WHO recommended smoking laws and regulations for
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So is it nanny statist to, say, ban smoking in public places? It's certainly well supported by evidence 7/
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This is true for all sorts of other
#publichealth laws, like guns, booze, seatbelts etc. Regulations usually save lives 8/1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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You'll notice that all of these people are arguing what is essentially a philosophical pointhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/872692195861471232 …
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BUT NONE OF THIS IS PHILOSOPHICAL. Again, these policies save lives.https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/872692195861471232 …
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Calling something nanny state basically means "I don't like this policy but I have no evidence for my argument"https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/872694588888068097 …
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