Each country gets the government it deserves

The Philosopher Joseph de Maitre wrote that each country gets the government it deserves. If that’s the case, then the United States and Brazil deserve nothing but the worst.

Last week, I wrote about the idiocy of opening the economy in the Distrito Federal, as cases and deaths are on the rise. Almost immediately after posting, a judge ruled against the state government, overruling the opening order. And then, about two days after, another court reversed that ruling. So this week, the economy is opening, AND schools are preparing to do so later in the month.

Make no mistake, people will die because of this. The health system in the state may very well collapse. All of this will have been preventable.

Do our elected leaders hold us in such low regard that they would put their delusional perceptions ahead of our lives? Well, yes, apparently so. The only solution to this is for these leaders to resign. If they cannot protect the lives of the people who chose them to lead, they should step aside for someone who is willing to do everything they can to both protect the people and ensure that there is a pathway forward after the crisis passes.  

As of now, there is no plan. There is no pathway. Every day is worse. The decision is to let people get sick.

When elected leaders make bad decisions, decisions that put health and well-being at risk, their decisions represent the people living in that particular political region. The reputation of the region or country follows every one of its citizens around, regardless of whether they support those decisions or not. The products of those regions or countries, especially non-essentials, suffer when political stupidity rises to the forefront of public consciousness.