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Re:The U.S. may be losing the fight against monkeypox, scien... by ryandrake on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:50PM (#32027772)
Yea, with COVID, we found out the hard way that moralization and shame does not work on people without morals or the ability to feel shame for their actions--a significant enough portion of the population. It's why unenforced, voluntary restrictions were doomed to fail. Sadly, I don't think most countries learned this lesson, and when the next COVID comes around, we're going to make the same mistakes and act surprised that they cause the same results.
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Re:The U.S. may be losing the fight against monkeypox, scien... by chitowneats on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:58PM (#32027910)
Oh we learned the lesson. The lesson is that countries like China that implement draconian pandemic restrictions on and off for years are far too unstable and unpredictable to live in and do business in.
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Re:The U.S. may be losing the fight against monkeypox, scien... by krona on Saturday July 09, 2022 @11:33AM (#32035988)
> we found out the hard way that moralization and shame does not work on people without morals

In guilt oriented cultures, people have a moral conscience, which is a counter-balance to social shaming. Such people don't rely upon others to tell them how to live a moral existence.

In shame oriented cultures, people are more concerned about what other people think of them, and can more easily be coerced to 'order themselves harmoniously' (Confucius).

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