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The world had time to evaluate the trickle of news and intelligence agencies knew earlier. Some countries took heed and prepared and are now looking at a differ
by threatofrain 7y ago
The world had time to evaluate the trickle of news and intelligence agencies knew earlier. Some countries took heed and prepared and are now looking at a different Future. Did they take responsibility for themselves? Who is responsible for the future of Taiwan or South Korea? China? The US?
Blame is an important tool for the structuring of responsibility, but responsibility is ultimately about results — but whose results? And who shall take up our burdens?
- chrischen 7y agoWe should take up our burdens, since we can only blame ourselves for not preparing. I don’t think the issue was believing in China (as you stated China is known for suppressing information), the issue was hubris. There were plenty of signals that the virus was spreading and still we did not do anything effective while some other countries did. We have our own leaders to blame and it would be more effective to select better leaders than to blame external sources.