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It's a trade-off. I'd rather live in a democracy and take my chances with Covid-19 than live under an authoritarian regime. Even authoritarians are correct at l
by stjohnswarts 5y ago
It's a trade-off. I'd rather live in a democracy and take my chances with Covid-19 than live under an authoritarian regime. Even authoritarians are correct at least twice a day.
- hugh-avherald 5y agoBoth democracies and authoritarian regimes can be found among governments that have had laissez-faire policies and both can be found among those that have had strict lockdowns. You can probably find the world's full range of policy responses to COVID-19 within the United States.
- chii 5y ago> live in a democracy and take my chances with Covid-19 than live under an authoritarian regime. that's a straw man false dichotomy. It's not mutually exclusive. Just because trump and his administration handled it poorly, doesn't mean it can't be handled well under a democracy. Look at new zealand and australia - they handled it fairly well.
- Stupulous 5y agoI think it's an appropriate reply to someone specifically holding up China's COVID response as an example of the right answer.