"Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Jair Bolsonaro, Boris Johnson - a men's group with many things in common. It was evident all along, but it is now possible to measure how little interest these powerful have in the wellbeing of their populations.
As of mid-May 2020, these four men rule over the four countries with the most corona infections worldwide. They are unlikely to fear for their top positions so quickly, but Brazil should still move up to second place. At least.
From a liberal perspective, the search for the reason for this ranking should not be made too easy. After all, there are states that are governed more authoritarian, and with the exception of Russia, they are real democracies - again as of May 2020. The search for the reason should not be too difficult, however, because the parallels are as impressive as they are obvious . All have at least temporarily:
- the pandemic downplayed or even ignored
- the lives of vulnerable, older, sick people are considered as a disposal
- decided according to their own political, rather than scientific, standards
economic measures are given priority over health
- and finally deceived the public against better knowledge
All four combine patriarchal self-righteousness and low-empathy arrogance, and the consequences are similar: a more or less pronounced resistance to advice and the will to manipulate the public.
Clearly, a violent autocrat like Putin does it differently than a democratically confined liar like Boris Johnson. But the number of infected people speaks for itself. Because the virus spreads optimally where people are used to a certain freedom of movement on the one hand and do not change their behavior on the other hand. Despite the differences between men and power practices, the four top positions can therefore be attributed to their willingness to view reality as optional."
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