06-25-2020, 11:10 PM
The UK and the US have both engaged in extremely destructive lockdowns, which will lead to both the short term misery of the population through the eradication of their human rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and long term misery in the aftermath as the lockdown turns into economic catastrophe, and a general health catastrophe in areas as varied as obesity, cancer and mental health. You have decided to ignore these consequences, to sacrifice the mentally ill and to kill cancer patients who may otherwise be treated.
In contrast, Taiwan, Japan, and Sweden to name a few have not carried out a lockdown policy. None of these countries are "Anglosphere".
Your claim about the Anglosphere refusing to stringently oppose Coronavirus for economic reasons is false. It is not the Anglosphere that pursued this strategy, but rather countries such as Taiwan or Sweden. Anglosphere countries have been no less stringent than the norm. Your claim about the Anglosphere being the worst hit is also wrong - the worst hit non-microstate in deaths per capita terms is Belgium. Furthermore, there remains no evidence that lockdowns are associated with reducing deaths per capita from Coronavirus.
Your support for totalitarian measures, and your complaints about market processes, are remarkably revealing.
This is not to say that treating the existence of a virus itself as a hoax is valid: that is obviously wrong. However, the political defences of lockdown, in particular claims to be "just following the science", could be considered a hoax.
In contrast, Taiwan, Japan, and Sweden to name a few have not carried out a lockdown policy. None of these countries are "Anglosphere".
Your claim about the Anglosphere refusing to stringently oppose Coronavirus for economic reasons is false. It is not the Anglosphere that pursued this strategy, but rather countries such as Taiwan or Sweden. Anglosphere countries have been no less stringent than the norm. Your claim about the Anglosphere being the worst hit is also wrong - the worst hit non-microstate in deaths per capita terms is Belgium. Furthermore, there remains no evidence that lockdowns are associated with reducing deaths per capita from Coronavirus.
Your support for totalitarian measures, and your complaints about market processes, are remarkably revealing.
This is not to say that treating the existence of a virus itself as a hoax is valid: that is obviously wrong. However, the political defences of lockdown, in particular claims to be "just following the science", could be considered a hoax.