Well I keep hearing all kinds of people ranting about their freedom, often in relation to COVID restrictions. Or taxes, or... As if living off of the back of a highly complex society incurred no responsibilities. That’s a parasitic not a symbiotic relationship
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The idea of "freedom" mixes "freedom from" and "freedom to" ("freedom to shoot" is a thing, "freedom from being shot" is another etc.). If you demanded freedom from dumb, irrational positions from the public, you will want to demand the same freedom from dumb, irrational positions from the administration. Such freedom includes freedom from unreasonable restrictions - freedom to do what is reasonable.
I am not sure about the USA, but I grant you there has been extreme abuse of good sense around the world in the past two years (if literal, non generalized rules for Los Angeles had been made valid for the Mojave, for example).
Well i'm at least somewhat glad there are some people pushing back against micro control of one's life. You of course might enjoy the odd tolaitarian diktat, but each to his own.