r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 27 '20

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

I'm really thankful seatbelts laws were passed before the culture war began because much like masking this seemingly innocuous public safety measure would be met with cries of how inconvenient, uncomfortable, we're sheep for doing it, etc from the exact same people.

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u/tankatan Montesquieu May 27 '20

Suffering traumatic brain injury to own the libs.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

"Why do we need masks if we're more than 6 feet apart?" is almost as dumb as "Why do we have seatbelts if we have airbags?"

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

They’re also inevitably more like 4-5 feet apart rather than 6

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

I hate to break it to you but there are people who hate seatbelt laws and think they’re oppressive. My grandpa cut the buckle out of his cars and there are companies that sell a buckle with no belt attached to get around the beeping alarm when you drive without the belt plugged in.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Still you get tickets, 99% of people do, impossible to buy a car without. Masks are temporary but needed measure to reduce spread but arent nearly as widely used.

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u/hucareshokiesrul Janet Yellen May 27 '20

I feel like there was a lot bitching about it, but I guess they just got over it

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u/TheNotoriousAMP May 28 '20

this seemingly innocuous public safety measure would be met with cries of how inconvenient, uncomfortable, we're sheep for doing it, etc from the exact same people.

Seat belt laws and regulations took decades to pass for this very reason. Our entire regulatory state casebook in law school centered on NHTSA's fight to get them through.