Re:Coronavirus and Credibility
by jacquesm on Monday April 06, 2020 @06:02PM
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When you are not in charge you can say whatever you want, it won't kill people. So that's why it matters. It's not about who you support. "The Buck Stops Here".
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People will die of this in every country on earth. Are all in charge responsible for every death in the country over which they preside?
Re:Coronavirus and Credibility
by squiggleblaz on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @09:49AM
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"With great power comes great responsibility"
it's an ideal, not a metaphysical necessity. But we need to enforce the ideal because otherwise the powerful use their power to their interest and against their detractors. It is absolutely essential to hold them responsible for their decision making process if we value life in a liberal democracy or a classical republic. They cannot get every decision right, but they must at least get them wrong for a fair reason.
Otherwise it's just "personal responsibility for the many, riches and fiefdoms for the few"