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The proliferation of useless rules, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has fostered uncertainty, making people unnecessarily cautious in circumstances where once they’d have happily relied on instinct and basic good sense. It’s common to see people enter a restaurant, store, or other public facility wearing masks and then, seeing that others are unmasked, sheepishly take their own off and comment, “Oh, I didn’t know what the rule was.” They’re not worried about masking as a matter of health. They’re worried about not fitting in, about doing what everyone else does, and about being unmasked as a flouter of government commands. The compliance cost is lost competence and initiative.

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Oh, Justin... You've made a grave miscalculation...

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