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0 pointsjs85y ago0 comments

Not only that. The countries that are capable of rejecting the ideology of individualism, like China, have actually much better track record in beating it.

For the record, I am not advocating completely ditching liberalism, but we should understand that it became (in the form of neoliberalism) too ideological in the Western world. That prevents us seeing alternative social solutions that can be very effective in beating the pandemic.

(And I am writing this from Prague, Czechia. Strangely enough, our government managed to beat the 1st wave by doing lots of early restrictions, but then we were massively hit by 2nd wave in the reluctance to do restrictions again. This cannot be explained away by human nature, it was purely a matter of cultural perspective.)

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bserge5y ago

Of course they are. People in the west couldn't even be arsed to wear a mask, the simplest thing one could do to at least show some social solidarity.

The kind of shit individualism has evolved into is ridiculous.

dools5y ago

It’s not an evolution it’s engineering. This whole movement is a deliberate libertarian project.

ekianjo5y ago

> Not only that. The countries that are capable of rejecting the ideology of individualism, like China, have actually much better track record in beating it.

Oh we all know that data coming from China is super reliable, right? After all, they never lied about the Wuhan fatalities in the first place.

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