This is a strange take -- in virtually every country the center-left has been pro-lockdown and the far-right has been anti-lockdowns (the center-right is usually pro-lockdowns as well, but not as much as the center-left). If it were stochastic there would be many exceptions.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1308132246210084870 …
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I think the dynamic at play here is: "trust in expert + value human life -> pro-lockdown" "anti-intellectualism and anti-expertise + value 'individual freedom' over human life -> anti-lockdown"
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The take "it will only kill the elderly so it's fine, we don't need to do anything" is also not unique to the US, it's a far-right message found throughout the world.
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Good luck with that. It’s amazing how international comparisons is part of the rhetorical toolbox in France (for better or worse) and inexistant (or considered irrelevant) in the US
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