==I think it's the western political system and freedoms that can't enforce a lock down rather than the economic system.== Is this true? Even within the US we

==I think it's the western political system and freedoms that can't enforce a lock down rather than the economic system.== Is this true? Even within the US we have plenty of states respecting stay-at-home orders and making things like masks mandatory. Other Western democracies like Germany, Australia, New Zealand have fared pretty well.