04-05-2020, 05:54 PM
From ironyak’s link (above):
By writing off South Korea’s response as culturally bound, the West is once again making the same mistake, failing to recognize that Asia’s solution could be its solution too.
We’re fine sitting in front of a Korean Samsung flat screen 6 hours a day (watching reruns of M*A*S*H), or tooling around the island in a Kia - - but following their COVID-19 protocols? That’s asking too much. Even for Harry Kim. We’re a stubborn lot.
By writing off South Korea’s response as culturally bound, the West is once again making the same mistake, failing to recognize that Asia’s solution could be its solution too.
We’re fine sitting in front of a Korean Samsung flat screen 6 hours a day (watching reruns of M*A*S*H), or tooling around the island in a Kia - - but following their COVID-19 protocols? That’s asking too much. Even for Harry Kim. We’re a stubborn lot.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”