I find it interesting that the people in the story seem amazed that the government would actually do something that was dangerous to the general population.
I’m not suggesting tin foil hats, but it seems that experience shows that governments regularly do things that end up harming others either through ignorance or incompetence.
Why limit it to governments. Always when certain people have power over other people, they value a small advantage to themselves higher than a big disadvantage to the others or the general well being. It's not that all people are acting like this, but such people tend to compete hardest for positions of power which often leads to one such person gaining that position at some point.
Doesn't matter if government, company, NGO, newspaper, soccer club, church. Whatever offers power over other people has this disadvantage.
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I find it interesting that the people in the story seem amazed that the government would actually do something that was dangerous to the general population.
I’m not suggesting tin foil hats, but it seems that experience shows that governments regularly do things that end up harming others either through ignorance or incompetence.
Why limit it to governments. Always when certain people have power over other people, they value a small advantage to themselves higher than a big disadvantage to the others or the general well being. It's not that all people are acting like this, but such people tend to compete hardest for positions of power which often leads to one such person gaining that position at some point.
Doesn't matter if government, company, NGO, newspaper, soccer club, church. Whatever offers power over other people has this disadvantage.