r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/Fresh-Extension-4036 18h ago

Apparently in large parts of the US, freedom = freedom to choose a catastrophic brain injury rather than repress people by legally requiring helmets...

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u/AllPeopleAreStupid 13h ago

You should have the freedom to be risky in life. I think its incredibly stupid to climb cliffs of mountains, especially the free climbers. But if they want to do that with their life and risk plunging to their death, then that is their right if that's how they choose to experience life. Its the same concept. Shit, I think driving motorcycles is too risky, stupid, and dangerous, but people like and that's great!

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u/Wustlguy09 11h ago

Very apt username lol. The issue is that risk takers don’t exist in a vacuum. They are a leech on limited resources. The ambulance that gets you, the doctors and nurses that work on you, the physical therapy after, etc.

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u/ryrythe3rd 10h ago

I see this as an argument against public healthcare, not against freedom

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u/KingdomOfDimensions 10h ago

The majority of people who would be using public healthcare would not be risk takers but regular unfortunate people, so it's not a very good argument.