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Originally Posted by AnalogMan
6. You can't count on people to organically do it all on their own. Too many people are selfish, short-sighted, closed-minded, and ignorant if not outright stupid. That's just the way it is. Even if a majority of people on their own do the right thing (like Vermont seems to have done), a sizable majority of maskholes, covidiots, and anti-vaxxers will still create a big enough problem to make it dangerous for everyone.
Unfortunately, you need smart, dedicated, ethical, strong leadership willing to make hard, unpopular decisions to do the right thing for society. They need to lead people to doing the right thing, the things that most people can't or won't do on their own. We're sadly lacking that in much of this country, at all levels. Which is why 'Merica is still the world leader in per capita COVID infection rates and deaths.
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Fundamentally, I don't look to leadership to do anything for my life but hinder it, honestly. All the smarts in the world won't fix the base nature of what makes humans humans. Teaching kindness and empathy and integrity can't happen when "those in the know" constantly make fun of "maskholes, covidiots, and anti-vaxxers" and those who won't do what someone else tells them is best for them.
Instead of telling someone "i know better", why not show them better and then let them make up their own mind? Forcing someone to follow "unpopular decisions to do the right thing for society" isn't a way to run a society, let alone let one thrive.
Educating someone on an idea versus shoving an idea down their throat is what this sounds like to me via the use of "leadership". That ain't leadership.
Just my .02 but I don't have any kids so I'm not supposed to have learned the lesson of how controlling humans doesn't work.
