12-10-2020, 09:07 AM
Governments have to do more than one thing, at least democratic ones. Among other things, you have to preserve the lives of your people, keep the economy running, secure the benefits of liberty for your people, and they wind up steering most of the wealth towards the owners of the means of production, be they capitalist or communist.
Communism puts an undue weight on wealth for the communists at the expense of the people, but we should concentrate on the US for now.
In the gun debate, I have always said that the limit on rights is when you harm others. When you are avoiding wearing masks, social distancing, seeking crowds, you are harming others. Thus, I tend to have no sympathy for some people’s so called rights and liberty. I have much sympathy for the mostly blue governors who are attempting to save lives.
Many in the red base have been told the virus is a hoax, and either believe it or pretend to. This flips the question of liberty being more important than lives around. Politicians who are preserving lives by curtailing liberties have no justification if you believe Trump’s lies. Trump’s lies and the red base’s willingness to act on them are thus basic to the problem. With many hospitals about to pass the breaking point, it will get harder to believe the lies.
Many red politicians have to be loyal to Trump or the red base will get turned against them. They will lose power, and politicians crave power. As a result, the cling to Trump’s lies.
Many elites see their own profits as more important than the worker’s lives. Thus, they may prioritize the economy over lives, unlike most Americans. Some have come to see that you are not going to fully recover the economy without solving COVID first. They will encourage masks, social distancing and other precautions.
Too many will cling to one perspective while not taking the others seriously. Which perspective you see as dominant will determine your actions. I see them balancing each other. You will not understand the situation if you do not understand these and other perspectives.
Communism puts an undue weight on wealth for the communists at the expense of the people, but we should concentrate on the US for now.
In the gun debate, I have always said that the limit on rights is when you harm others. When you are avoiding wearing masks, social distancing, seeking crowds, you are harming others. Thus, I tend to have no sympathy for some people’s so called rights and liberty. I have much sympathy for the mostly blue governors who are attempting to save lives.
Many in the red base have been told the virus is a hoax, and either believe it or pretend to. This flips the question of liberty being more important than lives around. Politicians who are preserving lives by curtailing liberties have no justification if you believe Trump’s lies. Trump’s lies and the red base’s willingness to act on them are thus basic to the problem. With many hospitals about to pass the breaking point, it will get harder to believe the lies.
Many red politicians have to be loyal to Trump or the red base will get turned against them. They will lose power, and politicians crave power. As a result, the cling to Trump’s lies.
Many elites see their own profits as more important than the worker’s lives. Thus, they may prioritize the economy over lives, unlike most Americans. Some have come to see that you are not going to fully recover the economy without solving COVID first. They will encourage masks, social distancing and other precautions.
Too many will cling to one perspective while not taking the others seriously. Which perspective you see as dominant will determine your actions. I see them balancing each other. You will not understand the situation if you do not understand these and other perspectives.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
