Better Dead Than Ted

Mark Steyn:

Jonah, amen on that revolting TR quote. The statism is explicit, and the threat of government coercion hardly less so. Once the state thinks of itself as the sole legitimate arbiter of what “represents benefit to the community”, there’s almost no restraint upon its power, and you’re a fool if you think it can be confined only to the top-hatted plutocrats. In Britain, restrictions on heart-disease treatment for smokers, hip replacements for the obese are justified on the grounds that, while there may be benefits to you, there are insufficient benefits for the broader “community” that has to pick up the tab. It was also a recurring sub-text to my battles with Canada’s “human rights” regime.

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