Poor people have less to lose
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I'd say they have more to lose. Often times people and personal relationships are of higher values when you don't have things to try to fill the empty space.
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People in much richer countries are also spoiled and entitled.
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Vietnamese people have historically for countless centuries been willing to make personal sacrifices to protect their country.
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0 deaths and only 431 cases. There were more cases on a freaking cruise ship.
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It's poor, but it's motivated and growing. It wants to succeed. As the child of immigrants the truism holds. Poverty is a great motivator.
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The praise of the Vietnamese people and their willingness to sacrifice for the collective good is spot on, but the success of the measures also depends on one-party rule, quasi-dictatorial powers, etc. The good news is that the Party seems to be rational, following the science.
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Honestly, do you think Nguyen Van Thieu, corrupt and brutal as he was, would give two shits about protecting the country from a pandemic?
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And to think we fought a long, brutal, and bitter war to prevent its current leaders from assuming power.
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They're also a very poor nation that kicked a super power's ass with bicycles so...
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