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> I say this as someone who is neither Chinese or American. But I just notice the eagerness of western media to portray chinas doom and incompetence. Mid-Europ
by jhoechtl 7y ago
> I say this as someone who is neither Chinese or American. But I just notice the eagerness of western media to portray chinas doom and incompetence.
Mid-European media generally say that Chinas and south Koreas big data approach to takle the problem was for great benefit. It raises concerns that regulations which have been taken there and which are considered in Europe as well, might become standard once the crises is over, severly restricting freedom rights.
I do not wittness discussions of incompetence dealing with the crisis in China.
I do see discussions of acting much to late in the UK and the US. Might all be my information bubble.
- fit2rule 7y agoThe Mid-European political scene isn't as conducive to freedom/human rights issue, as say .. the USA and its coalition used to be. There is definitely a swing towards less-free societies in the world today. We're getting our rights eroded daily, it seems. Here in Austria, it has been enlightening to witness the general publics' resistance to the practical actions being enacted by its government to protect citizens from the pandemic. On the one hand, I'm quite proud of my distrusting-of-government associates, inasmuch as I don't really believe we should slavishly obey our rulers without question, but on the other hand I'm quite concerned that the mob mentality/collectivity is ruinous to our survival as a culture in the long run. It seems we are weeks away from disaster, unless something effective is done - and in the meantime the very strong Viennese anarchist/neo-Marxist caricature truly seems to be more willing to pitch us all into the abyss in order to wreck it all, for future refactoring, rather than help a majority survive. Time will tell how productive these sociological phenomena will treat us all.