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It is unfair to compare a western democracy with a totalitarian government. China has options that we have collectively decided we don't want to have.
by rootusrootus 7y ago
It is unfair to compare a western democracy with a totalitarian government. China has options that we have collectively decided we don't want to have.
- cfmcdonald 7y agoOkay, let's compare it to Australia then. Or South Korea, or Taiwan. p.s. I don't think Americans collectively decided anything about what options we would use to combat the virus. The federal executive branch effectively decided to do nothing, or nothing coherent and consistent, and states have individually scrambled to come up with their own responses, with varying levels of effectiveness.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoNew Zealand also doing well with our lockdown!