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The natural human instinct is to look to leadership during a crisis. This is why Bush’s competency in the eyes of the public was harmed after Katrina. This is w
by germinalphrase 7y ago
The natural human instinct is to look to leadership during a crisis. This is why Bush’s competency in the eyes of the public was harmed after Katrina. This is why McCain’s “maverick” rep harmed him against “steady” Obama during the financial crisis.
If the coronavirus starts impacting the lives of Americans in a widespread manner (shuddered schools, closed offices, loss of jobs), the same instinct will kick in.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAnd the economy
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoThe economy is going to be in shock, whatever you do. Don't act, and you'll get a messup economy because of the panic and the sick people. Act, and you'll get a messup economy because of the panic and the sick people, and the cost of tests+quarantines+curfew. Less people dead is the ethic thing to do, but power is not about morality.
- BiteCode_dev 7y agoGiven what the current POTUS has gotten away with, as with many others in power everywhere, I don't have much faith in the accountability we can expect.