...Your parents are pro-liberty and anti-tyranny. We believe that, in their hearts, most people are like us, but they are mesmerized by the concept of a “common good” and anxious for quick, feel-good solutions. They actually think that there are instances when good-intentions should trump individual freedom and autonomy. Limiting choice – in order to force an approved behavior or outcome – is reasonable to people with this collectivist mind-set. Their tools are rules, regulations, laws and penalties, and they use them to force people to align with their point-of-view. They think they are “doing good,” but they’re not. They are installing an elite class of bureaucratic overlord. Incremental tyranny...