Fundamental rights are rights the state is not supposed to deprive you of except under circumstances where the public good overwhelmingly outweighs the private harm.
—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Van brushes that off; being rescued outweighs all those fears.
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