Wisdom

Government is a club, not a scalpel

Quote

government is not a scalpel. That does search surgical precision. Government is a club that bludgeons things to get it to conform to its will.

Episode 53: Episode 53 00:32:59 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Citing a vaccine mandate that ignored his natural immunity and his health situation, Dave says government sees people as numbers on a spreadsheet. It can't act with surgical precision; it bludgeons things into conformity. That's why it shouldn't regulate speech or run society technocratically: it creates harm where there was none.