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Covid-19 and Hobbes vs Locke

6 October 2021

5:01 PM

6 October 2021

5:01 PM

As we inch towards learning to live with Covid, it is common to hear it said that the government is granting us more freedom. The mainstream media, particularly television, loves to tell us that if we follow the rules, or ‘do the right thing’ as they like to put it, we will be rewarded with more freedom.  

This implies our freedom is given to us by the government.

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