It makes me think the majority of people want to have their freedom removed for (the perception of) safety.
This is exactly it. Freedoms not practiced are freedoms unappreciated, and freedoms unappreciated are easier to discard. It's why the gov't has made it harder and harder to practice certain freedoms (free speech, gun ownership) they want to ban but can't. Eventually we'll get rid of it for them.
While they unthinkingly chant "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear".
It makes me think the majority of people want to have their freedom removed for (the perception of) safety.
This is exactly it. Freedoms not practiced are freedoms unappreciated, and freedoms unappreciated are easier to discard. It's why the gov't has made it harder and harder to practice certain freedoms (free speech, gun ownership) they want to ban but can't. Eventually we'll get rid of it for them.
"Ackshully this is about keeping Nazis out of photo editing. Here's why that's a good thing."