Comments by "FrozEnbyWolf150" (@FrozEnbyWolf150) on "Dear USA, No Other Country Does This" video.

  1. That's why a border wall is necessary, to keep it from spreading outside.
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  2. For anyone who is wondering, the analogy to traffic accidents parroted by right wing trolls is one of the most idiotic arguments anyone could make. First, traffic accidents are not contagious, and can't be compared to epidemiology. If someone gets into a car crash, the injured don't then walk around and spread their injuries to other people before they die. Second, driving is already strictly regulated by the government to prevent injuries and fatalities, and is considered a privilege instead of a right. Your driving license can be revoked if you break these laws too many times. Third, there are scores of safety rules people need to learn and follow to minimize the number of traffic accidents. Everyone has to take driver's education and lessons, and wait until they're old enough to get a permit. Fourth, if the vehicle fatality rate is too high, people tend to get upset and petition the government for more traffic regulations, and automakers for more safety features. But comparing the pandemic to traffic accidents is the kind of argument I'd expect from a climate denier, anti-vaxxer, or young Earth creationist. Infectious disease causes measurable harm in human lives, and those who recover can still have permanent damage to their bodies. Economic damage is arbitrary, temporary, and based on a monetary amount. Economies can recover, dead people cannot. You can't have an economy without people who are healthy enough to make and buy the products.
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  3. Regarding the death rates in other countries. South Korea and Germany showed lower Case Fatality Rates because they rolled out testing much faster, and implemented isolation and social distancing earlier than other countries, which are the exact same measures right wing morons are protesting here. The greater the number of known cases, the smaller the percentage the deaths will make up, thus lowering the CFR. If however a country drags its feet on testing, like the Trump administration did, then the CFR is going to be higher. Germany also has universal multi-payer healthcare, a public system with private supplemental options, which allows faster testing and treatment. This would still be considered "communism" by right wingers in the US.
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  4.  @lufo4599  I would argue, it's both the leaders and the people who place so much blind faith in them. In the US, there's an almost religious reverence for top down leadership, to the point where people forget we're supposed to hold our representatives accountable. The pandemic deniers do so in defense of Trump, because they're unwilling to admit their dear leader mishandled the situation. People do have responsibility, but I mean that in a completely different way. Right now, it's regular people, essential workers, healthcare practitioners, truckers, delivery people, etc. who are on the front lines of the pandemic. These people are the ones who are being denigrated and spit on by the right wing protesters. That's always been the game of the establishment: pit groups of people against each other, to distract from the failure of our government leaders.
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  5.  @lufo4599  I agree that the ruling elites only represent the interests of the top 1%. As far as responsibility and blame go, it depends. A violent criminal can't be blamed for the socioeconomic conditions that forced them to turn to crime to survive, the negligence of their parents, or the incompetence of the government. However, they still have agency, should still be held responsible for their own decisions, and must be separated from society if they're too dangerous to live among others. That said, far too much focus is place on blue collar crime, while white collar crime is ignored. The bankers who ruined the economy, the war criminals in government, the crooked CEOs who profit off illness, et al should all be in prison. The right wing pandemic deniers who are blocking off hospitals, yes they're brainwashed by the ruling elites who would sacrifice them in a heartbeat. That's not to say they have no responsibility for their actions that are directly harming others. You can pity them like one would pity a dog who was beaten to turn it vicious, but that dog still needs to be separated from others so it can't do any more harm.
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