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Saturday, 25 December 2021
quote [ Tracing the uses of the risk compensation argument reveals a deep connection between the anti-regulatory rhetoric of conservatives and the moral tsk-tsking of prominent voices in the medical establishment over time, from the CDC to the surgeon general. Both arguments rely on a simplistic notion of personal responsibility. ]
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avid said @ 5:43am GMT on 27th Dec
[Score:1 Interesting]
There's a thread in this kind of thinking. It's a sort of conservative trope that says that "change is counterproductive".
"We can't give handouts to the poor; they'll spend it on the wrong things!" "If we let them get abortions, they'll have sex out of wedlock!" "If we tax the rich, they'll offshore!" "If we have free healthcare, people will smoke and be fat and quit their jobs!" |
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ooo[......7 said @ 7:54am GMT on 26th Dec
I can't rate this "underrated" hard enough. Fascinating piece.
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5th Earth said @ 6:56pm GMT on 28th Dec
Ah yes, the conservative fairytale that bad things only happen to people who deserve it.
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