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I don't have any confidence in Russian or Chinese public health data, and little confidence in the data from India. That said, in the case of India: at the star

I don't have any confidence in Russian or Chinese public health data, and little confidence in the data from India. That said, in the case of India: at the start of the pandemic the government _asked the urban construction industry_ for their views on reinstating rail services which could enable internal migrant workers to return to their villages and thus potentially deprive industry of labour - a move which I argue puts the country closer to fascism than neoliberalism. The fact that the phrase deaths of despair has not been reused much outside the USA at best tells us something about propagation of language.

barry-cotter 4y ago
> The fact that the phrase deaths of despair has not been reused much outside the USA at best tells us something about propagation of language. This is ridiculous. US culture is so overwhelmingly influential people there were Black Lives Matter protests in 40 countries outside the US[1]. The US’ cultural dependencies would absolutely be talking about deaths of despair if they had them. [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/map-george-floyd-protests-countries-worldwide-n1228391 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/map-george-floyd-protests...