Due to the serious epidemic, Italy implemented a national closure of the country on Sunday (8th). The country's foreign minister took the initiative to contact China, saying that it was necessary to learn Chinese experience against the spread of crown disease.Italian imitations in China have adopted violent measures, which is in sharp contrast to many Western countries that do not want to act, which has caused a strong response in the Western world.The New York Times reported that the government's restricted measures that conflicted the basic value of Western democracy in order to control the epidemic and defeated the virus may be the necessary evaluation of Italy.At the beginning, the crown disease epidemic has become an opportunity for the Western reflection of some issues of democratic value. However, if we think carefully, is the problem, as it is guided by Western media?
The West is not without an emergency mechanism
Almost everyone will have the idea of preconceived, thinking that Western democratic society attaches importance to human rights and personal freedom, and it is impossible to seal the city.WHO's visit to the Chinese expert group, Bruce Aylward, held a press conference in February and encouraged the world to learn how to learn Chinese resistance. Western reporters immediately doubt that this is not in Western countries.If you have been immersed in political ideology for a long time, many people look at the problem very easily and easily become a political concept. It is believed that the West cannot be so cloud because of the value of democratic freedom and other values.But as a scientist, Elward asked a very interesting question: Do you plan to raise your hand to surrender?
Elward is a Canadian and a person who grows in the soil of free democracy. When he believes that he can beolate large -scale isolation and propose such a rush, it may mean that resistance and democratic freedom may not necessarily have conflicts.In fact, most Western society actually has an emergency mobilization system, which can give the government enough to have enough power to deal with emergencies such as war, large public health, and natural disasters.These powers often recognize certain restrictions on individual freedom, and it is also legal.This is enough to prove that Western society does not have a mechanism that does not have the existence of emergency status. Even if it is a city or restricting freedom, it is not incredible.
Democracy becomes an excuse for politicians
Since the system exists, why not use it?Indeed, Western society generally taboos the government's urgent power, which may be related to the scourge of Western governments in the Western government.But even so, using emergency power is not impossible, often depending on the severity of the problem.With the concept of freedom in the United States, can you start a national machine in World War II?It is even more exaggerated that the plot of zombies often appear in European and American movies. If such a catastrophic disease crisis really erupts, it is believed that the government who believes that no matter how democratic and paying attention to personal freedom will not deny that the government must adopt extreme methods to respond.
Like the current situation in Italy, the epidemic is quite serious, and Fengcheng is naturally considered a reasonable move.However, if the time was pushed up for two weeks, Italy was diagnosed with 132 cases on February 23. At that time, it was probably caused a large public opinion to rebound.If strict measures are taken, the epidemic is not as serious as expected, and the government is likely to be held accountable for reasons for restrictions on freedom and destruction of the economy.This kind of blame may be more common in Western society, but it does not only exist in the West, as is it in Asia and even China.Even if many people think that China is an autocracy, it has made a stimulus policy and caused major losses in the economy and society, and it is impossible to have no consequences.
In western society, democracy is easily became a reason for politicians to evade responsibility.When public opinion generally does not regard the epidemic as a problem, the politicians will not be wrong to follow the public opinion. Once a problem occurs, it can also be argued as respect for public opinion.On Thursday (12th), British Prime Minister Johnson announced that the government would give up the means of controlling the spread of the epidemic and was criticized by the medical community to give up the treatment and the people's life and death.Economic and social damage, unwilling to take responsibility?
Fengcheng is actually a problem of governance
It is difficult for western society to make rapid decisions of the epidemic. The root cause is likely not to be a system of democracy and freedom, but that politicians are unwilling to take political risks and use public opinion to cover their own attitude.The New York Times ’s editorial on Thursday (12th) is now at the beginning of announced the country's emergency status, and it is time to be worth thinking about.If it is time now, why isn't it before?Does the epidemic have to reach a very serious situation, and the public realizes that it is necessary to do more?
Compared with European and American countries, the overall treatment of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong is not bad, mainly because it has experienced the painful experience of SARS in 2003.Whether it is for politicians and citizens, they have a long time, and they are actively responding when the epidemic has failed.But this is probably just because we have experienced instead of the determination of the leaders. It can only be regarded as unfortunate luck.Since Western society has influenza in 1918, there has been a centuries of epidemic situation for more than a century, and it is impressed by the slow response for politicians.
Whether the anti -epidemic is timely and how to judge what the means to use early, it often depends on the consciousness, judgment, and courage of the politicians.This is not an ideological issue, but a question of whether it is perfect.When the New York Times and the city of Italy, it is pointed out that sometimes the concept of democracy and freedom must make concessions. I am afraid that the problem is to be in prison and lock the problem within the political ideology.
