Bethany Morris, a content writer for the UK’s Immigration Advice Service, looks at how individualism has gained momentum in the West.
At the start of the pandemic, the West painted a picture that measures taken by nations such as China were ‘drastic’, such as the implementation of strict and immediate national lockdowns.
China’s decision to act with immediacy saw a sharp fall in the number of cases across the country however, in the West, the UK and the US opted for a more individualist approach. From the outset, the UK advocated for ‘herd immunity’ — or to simply let the virus run its course, whilst focusing time and resources on the preservation of the economy.
Although these two nations implemented stricter measures over time, they would come to realise that their failure to act immediately would have dire repercussions on their economies and the well-being of their people.
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Bethany Morris - COVID-19 And The Rise Of Individualism
Whilst much younger, I would have considered it my patriotic duty to serve if drafted, get vaccinated, etc. because I felt grateful to a society that cared for me and that was just.
ReplyDeleteBut now I’m beginning to think that, currently, patriotism (not to say righteousness) is for suckers and that perhaps the oppressed should go on a vaccination strike as a way of showing that we’re all in this together and that justice is long overdue – a form of playing chicken with the oppressed having a lot less to lose, earthly speaking, than their oppressors.
Now who sent in the Darwinian Covid to cull Libertarians?
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