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Awesome as always!!! Two questions, though, and they're one's I'm genuinely interested in answers to, not just trolling.

1: How does the freedom not to comply work when it buts up against situations like public health necessities? I'm thinking in particular of folks who refuse to comply with mask mandates and/or be or have their kids vaccinated. Because here, their desire not to comply materially harms other people by enabling the spread of dangerous diseases. So, how do we balance the freedom not to comply with one's responsibility to our fellow human beings?

2: how does the open access to resources thing work for non-essentials? For example, the proposition that no one should be able to bar you from accessing the resources needed for food, shelter or clothing is pretty straight-forward. But, let's imagine that you want to put on a big musical because you happen to love that idiom and find great meaning in it. However, those shows can be quite resource-intensive, at least asproduced now, and they're not strictly necessities, ie food, shelter, clothing or other such staples of daily life. So, since it's not a necessity, can't those who manage the various commons (for the resources needed for props, sets costumes, etc,) simply say "sorry, nope, that's frivolous and we're not going to let you waste precious resources"?

Anyway, pardon the long-winded comment. But, I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts!!

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