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the greatest weaknesses in the u.s. is a sense of self-entitlement, selfishness, and an inability to stay calm in any sort of "panic" situation. the u.s. govern
by nikofeyn 7y ago
the greatest weaknesses in the u.s. is a sense of self-entitlement, selfishness, and an inability to stay calm in any sort of "panic" situation. the u.s. government and general public have no idea how to sanely handle emergencies on its own soil.
- umanwizard 7y agoI’d argue that the greatest weakness in the US is the lack of ability of its political/administrative system. When either the authoritarian leader of China, or the elected government of Italy decide that the country needs to quarantine, they do it. Meanwhile nobody even believes it’s possible in the US because the system is set up not to allow any even mildly controversial law to pass without months of bickering (see Obamacare which would have been considered a relatively moderate reform in any European parliamentary system)
- refurb 7y agoI assume you haven’t had that much exposure to other countries? The US is no more prone to panic than any other country I’ve lived in.
- nikofeyn 7y agoit's a wrong assumption. i've had enough exposure to know that the u.s. government is not equipped, logistically at a minimum, to deal with these things. and people are not equipped either.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't take HN threads into nationalistic flamewar, regardless of which country it's about. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nikofeyn 7y agoi didn't. i didn't mention a single other country. it's an historic fact that the u.s. has not dealt with the same level of disturbances other countries have dealt with. and the u.s. quite clearly struggles with these emotional issues. any "nationalistic flamewar" is an interpretation by others.