Comment by gazook89
21 days ago
> via toothpaste.
I wonder how many people really brush their teeth on a regular basis.
> either campaign to change it or vote with your feet.
I imagine that campaigning to change it requires notifying people there is a problem, and getting it into the news and spreading that news.
> I wonder how many people really brush their teeth on a regular basis.
Whatever the number is it's not appropriate for the state to medically intervene on their behalf.
Why not?
Perhaps, sadly, because if the State doesn't have to pick up the costs in health care, as in large parts of the developed world, then they lose their incentive to be proactive in addressing health issues.
In countries with some form of universal health care, simple proactive health interventions can save the State large amounts of money.
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Why is a one-size-fits-all state intervention that assumes or targets the least responsible people appropriate?
Why is it appropriate especially in light of many people actively opposing the intervention?
These are questions about what is the proper relationship between the state and the citizen.
And they are a litmus test for current political belief bifurcation in the US.
Sadly people that don’t brush are probably not drinking plain water either.
I was thinking the same thought- maybe we should fluoridate Brawndo :-)
Thats not really true. I had problems brushing during my childhood, because most toothpastes triggered my gag reflex, but I mostly drank tap water.