UNMASKED
What Americans Get Wrong About Freedom
A few weeks ago, a YouTube video went viral showing a man being ejected from a Costco store because he would not wear a mask, as per Costco’s company policy during the Covid-19 pandemic. A Costco worker is shown explaining the man was not allowed to remain inside the store because he was not wearing a mask.
The man’s response was very telling about modern American society’s view on freedom:
“And I’m not doing it [wearing a mask], because I woke up in a free country”.
Americans have done an amazing job of embracing the spirit of freedom, but we have done a poor job of educating our citizens that freedom must be accompanied by rules.
The average American seems to believe that living in a free society means people can do anything they want.
The Mask Debate
In the case of Covid-19, some people believe if they do not want to wear a mask then nobody should be able to make them wear one. Many Americans’ understanding of freedom ends right there without ever realizing that their own argument reveals an important aspect of freedom. With the concept of freedom comes the inseparable concept…
