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Originally Posted by indes
The amplified 'me first' attitude from increased isolationism and social safety nets
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I'm not convinced that social safety nets have anything to do with increasing "me first" attitudes. The US has always had much more of a me-first attitude prevalent in its culture than Canada has, despite having inferior social safety nets compared to Canada's. How would you explain the causal link between one and the other?
Regarding mandatory vaccines... in most cases I think slippery slope arguments are based on irrational fear and cynicism, but in the case of mandatory vaccines, I do think there may be a legitimate concern. Once government gets accustomed to mandating vaccines, the question is where do they choose to draw the line? Will flu shots be mandated for everyone every year? For future pandemics, what's to stop governments from hastily mandating vaccines that have not been thoroughly tested?