Not new thinking. My father’s maxim was ‘obey the laws and pay your taxes and you can be or do pretty much anything you want to be or do.’ Unfortunately the politicization of daily life is starting to make the US something like the USSR where the rule was you could only act in ways and do things that were officially government permitted. A very big difference. The anti-smoking laws were curiously , the first step towards an ‘officially permitted activity and behavior ‘ regime.
So True, and more to come.
We have been and are living under a delusion of freedom and independence.....
Sure brings to mind: "Ours is not to reason why Ours is but to do and die."... Lord Tennyson