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Not very good writing, and a not particularly insightful take. The comparison they make with 9/11 is somewhat instructive: coronavirus has killed multiple order
by pasabagi 5y ago
Not very good writing, and a not particularly insightful take. The comparison they make with 9/11 is somewhat instructive: coronavirus has killed multiple orders of magnitude more US citizens, even killed multiple orders of magnitude more people than the entire war on terror, and caused more economic disruption than both combined.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that coronavirus as an endemic disease requires different management strategies, but to think of it an extension of the politics of fear is absolutely missing the point: Coronavirus was and is a real crisis. They do sometimes happen.
- criticaltinker 5y ago> Coronavirus was and is a real crisis. They do sometimes happen Yes and crises precipitate change. It's in everyone's best interest to not let that change be an erosion of hard-won human rights and civil liberties. What kind of crises would it take for us to give those up? It's an important question, and the diversity of everyone's opinion is a crucial feature.