So, the only medical relief or heaven forbid the right to change my consciousness has to be mandated by who? The government, or some one like you? Who are you to tell me what is right for me? You dont know me or have any idea of what kind of pain and suffering I might have endured.
“So, the only medical relief or heaven forbid the right to change my consciousness has to be mandated by ...? ... Who are you to tell me what is right for me? You dont know me or have any idea of what kind of pain and suffering I might have endured.”
All too true. I confess my ignorance. But knowing such details is less important than we might think. Guessing poses its own risks, but in this case they aren’t too great.
I have met dozens of people like you, who are (apparently) convinced that libertarian fancies can be molded into a workable philosophy of societal interaction. The indignant responses are all exactly alike. And all heroically ignore the grubby realities: that injustice exists, that hard choices have to be made, that bad stuff happens no matter how devoutly we believe it shouldn’t.
We live in a suboptimal world. Conservatives used to support notions like that. Some call them “timeless verities.”