This may be the best op-ed written about #Netherlands #Covid policy so far. It shows how ruthless liberalism can savage our society because of our deep indifference to suffering and the sanctity of human lives.
By Chuan Ming Ong
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By Chuan Ming Ong
@chuanming_
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"A nation that once (smugly) prided itself on its stalwart progressiveness, internationalism and dynamism has turned out to be the embodiment of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
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"... public outcry was practically absent as Dutch doctors and nurses were forced to work without proper protective equipment, and the elderly were left to die in the nation’s care homes (....) the indifference was here to stay."
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"... government institutions are not even pretending they are aiming to protect each and every one of us, the citizens they are supposed to represent. (...) whilst preaching that we only have ourselves to blame and nothing is to be done."
Chuan Ming Ong
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Chuan Ming Ong
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"... they identify ... what they seem to see as a selfish desire to protect and preserve. (...) But such reasoning ... contorts the true meaning of solidarity beyond recognition, and makes a nihilistic mockery of what it means to be human."
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