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It could do that because it could afford to take the economical hit and because it is an authoritarian state, which means you can get almost everyone to obey, i
by kiba 7y ago
It could do that because it could afford to take the economical hit and because it is an authoritarian state, which means you can get almost everyone to obey, in one way or another. Also, the Chinese Party is what caused this mess to begin with, by allowing this virus to spread all around the world.
Can we stop using mode of government as an explanation for success and failure?
Clearly your country have its head screwed on better than mine. Meanwhile, my president is complacency in chief, more worried about the stock market than lives being lost. The local governments know what they're doing moreso than the feds, when it should be the other way around.
South Korea certainly seemed to have its head screwed most on head. They learned from previous lessons and are very successfully in applying them.
- Proven 7y ago> Can we stop using mode of government as an explanation for success and failure? No we cannot in cases where mode of gov matters. Free and less regulated countries do better than totalitarian and highly regulated countries. Grandparent comment got it right and his preference for faster approval of drugs and vaccines is simply (all other things being equal) a call for less regulation and smaller role of government. The US is freer in terms of speech and certain property rights, but heavily regulated (nothing to do with Trump) so its degree of freedom is not significantly higher than that of China. It's not the governments job to cure diseases. That should be left to private enterprises and individuals. The government needs to prevent sick people from entering, which Trump has done (albeit a little too late).