My take on masks.

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I like how, based on one post saying essentially that I think wearing a mask is nice because it shows that you care about the people in your society, I can be labelled both a communist and a fascist   . Shows how far gone political thought is these days.

I'm not a fan of authoritarianism, I'd rather people do things because it's the right thing to do and not because they are told. In my opinion, if there is a global pandemic involving a respiratory illness, the right thing to do is wear a mask. Even if you don't believe in the effecacity of the masks, or the danger of the virus, why not show some respect to those who might be at risk or may have lost a loved one to this disease? The other option is to disregard those people and cynically deny it all as a hoax, possibly increasing the risk of the disease spreading and causing more death. I've even seen people go so far as to attack retail workers or spit on them when told to wear a mask in a store. Which option shows more compassion?

As well, the observation that "individualism and personal choice... placed above the needs of society" is to a country's detriment raises some important questions. Namely, what liberties do you feel should be abrogated for the supposed good of the community? Is there any indication in the Law of One that individuals of our density should be inclined toward community over individual? Do you see "service to others" as solidarity with a community?

I think the individual should be free to do as they will so long as it does no harm to others. The only time I feel that any kind of mandate should be handed down from a position of authority is in crisis situations. In those cases it's helpful to have a unified response guided by experts rather than a free-for-all.

One of the goals of the third density experience is to form a social memory complex, which is an egalitarian social organization where everyone is acting in accord with the good of the social group. Yes, solidarity with your community is precisely service to others.

Unfortunately this all seems alien to us as we've been raised in a society that is oriented to make it easier for service to self polarized individuals to climb to the top of the social hierarchy and amass hoards of wealth at the expense of those on the bottom of the hierarchy and we've been taught that that is what freedom is.