system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: What's paternalism?

So definition-wise, I got this:

*the policy or practice on the part of people in authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to or otherwise dependent on them in their supposed interest.*

Can someone flesh out on this and give me an example, using this definition, with different kind of placeholders?
gpt
It is when you try to remove someone's autonomy because you think it is in their best interest and that they will not make the correct decision on their own.  In other words, treating them like a parent would treat a child.

For example, some people complain that seat belt laws are paternalism, the government saying it knows best and that people cannot be trusted to make that decision on their own.