Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "We can only beat obesity if the state acts in ways the far right calls the ‘nanny state’" video.

  1. This comment says so much more about you than anything else.
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  2. Knowledge is not static. It evolves, and every perscription given by experts has the often unspoken caveat of 'to our best knowledge.' Plus, our education system at the research level is being funded largely by private companies. So... Moderation in all things is the way to go.
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  3. I'm sorry, but you really are making a critical error: not everyone is like you. They may need or want direction, and they may not be able to afford a ketogenic diet, as animal proteins are expensive. So, really it's not about you. It's about everyone, and the state serves everyone, whether they need it or not. And Digital exclusion is a thing. And few don't in some way or another. I mean, you remind of the state of affairs in London before 1666. Then, people who could afford to pay would buy the services of a private fire brigade, to guard their properties from burning down. Only the houses carrying the plaque of a Insurance Company were protect. But unfortunately, that was only a minority of properties who could or did access those services. So when the Great Fire of London took hold, the uninsured houses helped the fire spread, which in many places, overwhelmed the private firefighters, and burnt down those insured properties too... Huge swathes of London were destroyed and people died, because of the lack of communal services, or joined up thinking. Everyone was, as they thought, was protecting themselves, with no thought of how their choices could impact others. So, arguably no Freedom comes without Responsibility. And waiting until a post-mortem after a disaster happens is pretty late to learn that a community response is sometimes far more effective than an individual or familial one. Good Luck with your weight loss.
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  4. You still want to access health services that are collectively insured? Then your freedom comes with a responsibility not to abuse it. Your choice has consequences. Choose wisely.
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  5. Lol.
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  6. Cheapest drug addictive btw
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  7. Yeah, right... In which universe? Not this one. Greed is part of the human condition, and must be guarded against. Pretending otherwise is idelogogical folly.
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  8. Only if the state can act independently of vested interests, and hold and pursue objective and evidence-based policy making can it then really protect the realm from harm. The problem is that neoliberalism has encouraged entrepreneurial policy making. and policy makers have become entrepreneurial through regulatory capture, picking up jobs in the industries they once regulated when they leave office. Until the State can be free of this influence, there is little hope of improvement. The protection of the very fabric of society should be a priority.
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  9. Yes it can be squared with the idea that no freedom comes without responsibility, to oneself and the society surrounding you. Markets are no substitute for that.
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  10. Yes, you can, but as long as you eating your doughnuts doesn't interfere with our healthcare. And that's the point. Something that markets cannot control.
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  11. The problem with your point is that it's is really stretching the meaning of democracy. Let's not forget that democracy as formed in ancient Greece did not solve slavery or poverty, did it? Why because you are conflating means with ends. Democracy is the means to decide who gets what. It doesn't decide what there is to get. Civilisation based on societies is even more complicated than ancient Greek city states, where only the oligarchs had a vote. In its current form in the Anglosphere, it's only been around for about a century. And that's nothing in human history. So democracy is still in its infancy. Can it be improved? Definitely. Will it be? Who's to say? Market ideology is en vogue, but is proving to be a false hope, and our oligarchs are trying very hard to cover up their mistakes. So our politics is negotiating the capture of our states by asset wealthy oligarchs who think - why I do not know - they can run whole nations better than the population. They dream of running whole states like principalities, just because they're rich. What the real issue is that Injustice and Illiberality exist, and the values to erode these are being eroded by the same elites who want to control everything. 'Don't be a citizen; be a consumer or a subject.' 'Don't be a member of society; just look out for your kith and kin.' we are being conditioned to look away from things that might remind us all is not well. And it is we who must look to our own values, and strive to arrive at shared values that are expressed through our shared institutions. That means not being complacent, and not thinking that's someone else's job to do. We have to talking and thinking together about shared values. And one could argue our overlords don't like that sort of independent action. They're too stuck in their ways. We shouldn't follow their example. We should dare to think how to evolve our society away from its current model which is actually endangering our society. We should be able to do better, but we're being encouraged not to do so. This why we need a state free of regulatory capture, and with the right priorities that ensures a basic standard of living to everyone. That's going to take time and effort, because ideas evolve faster than human beings. So we must keep working to improve things, because we can only go through. We can't go around.
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