This article, man. This fucking article. I'm a big fan of public health, OK? Shining success of the 20th century civilization.
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Public health is an area where I rein my libertarianism way way back. I'm OK with a fair measure of coercion for say mass vaccination. 3/n
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Problem is, the genuine and rather staggering benefits of sanitation & public health in the early 20th century inspired... 4/n
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...a belief in/justification for nominally benevolent mass authoritarian projects of all kinds, among them Prohibition and the drug war. 5/n
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Great, guys. You fixed polio. This is wonderful and important. And it's about 5% of what the state does. Meanwhile 40% is killing us. 6/7
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Vaccination and lead disposal doesn't actually justify your "mixed public/private", ie soft-fascist, economics. Stop it. 7/7
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.