06-05-2020, 08:46 AM
(06-04-2020, 07:08 PM)TheNomad Wrote:(06-04-2020, 08:58 AM)David Horn Wrote: If we had a modicum of competence to lean on, we wouldn't even be discussing this at all. The South Koreans did pretty much what you suggest, and it worked well. On the other hand, Americans are notoriously self-centered, so the fines may need to be rather high for subsequent offenders. Some people just don't comply, period.
Americans believe in liberty or death. What a horrible concept. We should be subjugated in order to survive en masse.
In the real world, not the fantasy we're living through right now, survival is primary. If he was still alive, you could ask Darwin.
There are many ash-heaps of earlier civilizations that failed to understand that concept.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.