The polarisation of societies across the world has been painful for many of us. It’s sometimes split families, other times whole nations. Among the opposing views have been a gamut of different perspectives on how much or how little control we should have as individuals versus the state.
Meanwhile, the state, perhaps democratically elected but often not democratically functional, provides greater or lesser amounts of infrastructure and services that supposedly facilitate the civilized operation of society.
Among the views circulated by those who support the mainstream narrative has been this notion that the individual must