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The virus is apolitical, but there's no denying the amount of politics surrounding everything.
by iratewizard 7y ago
The virus is apolitical, but there's no denying the amount of politics surrounding everything.
- arcticbull 7y agoTotally, although the idea that people should self-isolate is effectively apolitical as evidenced by it's acceptance across the entire world -- with governments from far-right to far-left, secular to theocratic, all preaching the same practice, likely to their own detriment.
- Barrin92 7y agoare you saying you're surprised or object to the idea that there are political implications to a pandemic? It's really funny how there is this natural aversion to politics within (not only) American conservatism but American society at large, as if the involvement of politics somehow diminishes the authenticity of some event instead of being the natural platform to organise collective action.
- mistermann 7y agoIt's also really funny how different people can extract completely different meanings from the exact same sentence. It's also really interesting how prevalent this phenomenon is. For example, I see nothing in that sentence that alludes to an aversion to politics.
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- iratewizard 7y agoSurprised? Not at all. As long as society relies on people having a shared myth to separate out "them" from "us," politics will be an inescapable part of us.
- downshun 7y agoFurther, epidemic models do not account for the source of the infection, just the model predictions based on observations so as to attempt mitigation. They would tell you nothing about if it was indeed part of a conspiracy / biowarfare / bioterrorism / ineptitude / ecological disruption ...
- jacquesm 7y agoThat sounds a bit like the recognizance on HN a while ago that everything has a political dimension. What made you think this might be different?
- iratewizard 7y agoI don't think this is different, but the poster above me seemed to.