Who is we? Personal responsibility doesn't mean you'd have to take snake oil or travel at 200mph without seatbelt.
It simply means that you get to keep your own money and get to decide each on your own if you want to test your pills before popping them or if you want install safety systems in your car before hitting the road.
I think it's very peculiar that the US became so socialized given that every kid in the country dreams of hitting the walk-off Home run in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series
> It simply means that you get to keep your own money and get to decide each on your own if you want to test your pills before popping them or if you want install safety systems in your car before hitting the road.
Again, we tried that. We have concrete evidence of how that works.
"Test your own pills" is silly enough I don't think I need to address it.
Car manufacturers got pushed, kicking and screaming, into seatbelts, airbags, and a variety of other safety measures. Market pressure didn't do it, but thousands of people a year stay alive because of that regulation.
> I think it's very peculiar that the US became so socialized given that every kid in the country dreams of hitting the walk-off Home run in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series
These are two very odd things to attempt to tie together.
The charts at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4818a1.htm are pretty striking.