Need more convincing that government is inclind to overreach? Podcaster Russell Brand does a fine job exposing the absurdity of authoritarian rule in Australia. Hey Fatty! Want socialized medicine? Wait until the government condemns you for eating a bagel. After all, obesity is one of the primary comorbid conditions accounting for complications due to Covid infection. Practically every vice carries a potential cost to a person’s health. Think: smoking, eating processed foods, drugs, alcohol, sex, skateboarding. If only the State had stepped in and mandated that snow skiing was unnecessary and risky, Sonny Bono might still be with us.

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