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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Claims like "the government's incompetence have caused thousands of deaths" have not been established as fact yet.
I think I know what you're saying, but it still strikes me as more "head in the sand" than not.
If you'd posted:
"Claims like 'the government's incompetence have caused thousands of deaths' are so mundanely, obviously, and regularly true that we can't get all hyperventilaty every time it happens. We need to put that unfortunate reality into the context of reality."
However, it can't be so cut and dry. On the whole, I agree with you that we shouldn't listen to uninformed laymen and amateurs and let that color our picture of what the experts are doing and why. However, I think it is fair to not wait until Nazism runs its course before we step in and call BS on it. Not to jump straight to Hitler, but to say there are extremes in which patience and acceptance of the political leadership is simply the worst.
We're in the middle of these extremes. It's bad enough to question whether or not the leaderships is competent enough at this crisis to keep them or to replace them with people who'd be more competent.
It's just not at all obvious that the leadership has been incompetent.
You (ong) seem to be saying that since it's not obvious Nazism, we should trust the leaders and assume competence.
IDK how that fits in your picture of democracy.
Is it only OK to examine whether the leader is competent during an election cycle?
Is it that no amount of incompetence should supersede a democratic election?
Originally Posted by OngBonga
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