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I've upvoted as I think it's unfair you were greyed out @ -1 or 0. However I slightly disagree that this was the main reason the US did not respond well to the

by smcl 6y ago

I've upvoted as I think it's unfair you were greyed out @ -1 or 0. However I slightly disagree that this was the main reason the US did not respond well to the pandemic. Might be a little off-topic to reopen that wound here though :)

ocschwar 6y ago
Homefront mobilization is pretty much the same for disasters, wars, or a pandemic. If you can't do well with one, you probably can't do well with any other.
- smcl 6y ago
  I am not sure I agree. What hobbled the US response to the pandemic wasn't the public at large clamoring to hold on to their creature comforts[0] but a top-down failure to recognise the impending crisis and take any meaningful action against it. I don't think anyone doubts the US's willingness to wage war - if anything they're a little too enthusiastic. [0] - though there was a minority who responded to being told to wear masks in a very juvenile way, coincidentally the same people who like to throw around the word "snowflake", hmm
  - ocschwar 6y ago
    I seriously doubt the willingness of upper class suburbanites to put up with gasoline and rubber rationing in the event of a war. Home front mobilization in the US has become anathema.