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As a matter of preference America values commerce over life. The slow response is because in general America is trading lives for liberty. Essentially life is
by redleggedfrog 6y ago
As a matter of preference America values commerce over life. The slow response is because in general America is trading lives for liberty. Essentially life is cheap. You might disagree with assessment and chalk up the bungled response to incompetence, but I don't think that makes sense in light of the reopening of public life as the virus spreading accelerates. We're still opting for this strategy now. And it might be the right decision for America. We'll just have to accept the loss of life as collateral damage. I don't agree, but I'm not making the decisions.
- 11thEarlOfMar 6y agoLife is not cheap in the USA. However, liberty is of greater value. Liberty is possibly what Americans value above all else, life being a close second. Hence: "Give me Liberty or give me death.", Patrick Henry, 1775 And: "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.", Declaration of Independence, 1776
- mindslight 6y agoYou're right about the US valuing "commerce over life", but equating business with liberty is fallacious. The pandemic spreading uncontrolled has been and will continue to be disastrous for individual liberty.