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What lesssons will people who are interested in politics draw from the COVID-19 crisis? People on the left will say that every society needs a well-funded public healthcare system... and they& #39;ll be right! THREAD 1/x
Fiscal conservatives will point out that governments that run budget surpluses most of the time are better able to cope with unexpected crises... and they& #39;ll be right! 2/x
Supporters of pluralism will point out that populists, who divide the world into goodies and baddies, were much worse managers than mainstream politicians, who respect their opponents,... and they& #39;ll be right! 4/x
Environmentalists will say that programmed lockdowns could be used as a tool to fight climate change and other problems... and they& #39;ll be right! 5/x
Conspiracy theorists will spread a lot of nonsense about 5G and vaccines, while drawing a veil over their past nonsense about chemtrails.... and they& #39;ll be wrong, as usual! 6/x
When a solution finally comes, it will be thanks to private-sector entrepreneurs & investors burning up large sums of cash in the name of innovation. Libertarians will say that they were helped by regulators bending the rules and being more flexible... and they& #39;ll be right! 3/x
What should be obvious is that there isn& #39;t any one-size-fits-all ideology that would have ticked all these boxes. We should all be paying a lot more attention to @nytdavidbrooks, who has been making this argument for years. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/opinion/trump-moderates-bipartisanship-truth.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/2... 7/7
