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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Masks are more effective in protecting others if you are sick, rather than protecting yourself if others are sick. We should have the attitude that protecting others is good.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

We should have the attitude that protecting others is good.

This flies in the face of North American “exceptional/radical individualism”.

Asian societies are largely collective. You do what you can to serve others, putting the needs of the community ahead of your own, and this leads to tighter-knit, stronger, and more resilient communities.

North American society is based on “muh rights” individualism, where the person is most important, and society needs to serve their needs, and not the other way around. This leads to weak, ephemeral, almost non-existent communities that are there only in name, or by a fluke of geography that makes completely random people cluster together without ever making serious or deep social connections.

Of the two, the former might end up being stifling to creatives and neuroatypicals, but the latter cannot survive any significant challenge without a significantly negative impact on the “community”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The 2 party political system flies in the face of basic individualism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They still do reduce transmission to yourself but yeah, the big win is in not spreading it yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My favorite metaphor for the subject: If you're wearing pants, it's really hard to piss on other people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Masks are more effective in protecting others if you are sick, rather than protecting yourself if others are sick.

This was 100% not the messaging that was told to the public in the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I think they dumb down messaging too much. But then again, with what we know now, it's not like the public is behaving responsibly. But thats not a messaging problem.