# In a libertarian society... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 12, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458 "2011-10-12T20:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 859
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458/859 "2011-10-29T15:58:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You see, we don’t live in this made up land of yours where the government forces people to finish their medication, presumably by putting cameras in our medicine cabinets and tracking devices up our urethras. You are willing to violate people’s freedom in order to promote “public health” on one case. But you’re not willing to violate people’s freedom in order to promote “public health” in the other case. Why? Because in the other case supposedly the violation is “too high”. Well, libertarians move the “too high” line much lower. But - in principle - how exactly is your stance in case of not forcing people to finish their antibiotics treatment different from the libertarian stance? > [@](#): > > However, we have deemed in these cases that we value our personal freedom more, and reject overly restrictive or invasive regulation. How “libertarian” of you. > [@](#): > > Essentially, you are advocating that we swing the pendulum far, far to the libertarian side of the equation (no regulations at all) from the middle of the road (reasonable regulations + individual freedom) . You do this by painting the middle as the far end on the other side. (all regulation, no freedom) You’re willing to trade your freedom for safety (however imaginary that safety is, in my opinion). That’s the slave’s mentality I was talking about. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-libertarian-society/599458)._