I'm all for freedoms. But your freedoms end when they broach on mine. This is a famous calling card for my liberal friends, but then when I highlight the fact that I pay for their lifestyle choices in every single purchase I make and they proceed to lose their god damn minds. I am an elitist uncaring bastard and do not understand "systemic this or that." I can't tell you how many times I've heard about how people in inner cities don't have access to grocery stores as a response to my recommendation that we all exercise a little more and take more responsibility for the crap we shove down our mouth holes. Both political sides have forgotten two very important things.
We are individual units affected by other individual units that make up the societal apparatus that we all belong to. It is our responsibility to take care of ourselves, and thus by doing so we eliminate unnecessary burdens our actions may create for others. We had to shut down the entire country and peddle bad science because we were unwilling or unable to accept that fact. What irks me is that if we were to recognize that fact we probably wouldn't need nearly as many guns or regulations or mandates or police officers or governmental oversight or divorce proceedings or insert other society evil. Here's one important one - healthcare costs. People lose their fucking minds over free trade agreements shipping their jobs overseas but are shitty employees that cost their employers untold money in largely preventable healthcare costs. The world would be a better place if we all collectively decided that we ourselves are worthy of being cared for. We search for answers outside of ourselves. A pill for this and a pill for that.
Get underneath a damn barbell. Squat a little bit. Walk. Try to eat better. Tell your wife you love her. Engage in conversations with people you disagree with (you might fucking learn something as if learning something is bad). Our response to co-vid has utterly depressed me and made me lose faith in our nation.
So yes I am kind of heated you misinterpreted my answer. But I still respect you as the genius you are in the world of fitness.