Covid 19 Part XXIII-33,444 in ROI(1,792 deaths) 9,541 in NI(577 deaths)(22/09)Read OP

stockshares wrote: »

Jesus where have you been living?

You've obviously never lived outside Ireland. Corruption is endemic in over 90% of the world's countries.

DubInMeath wrote: »

They do, but they also have a more one society based out look in my experience.

To be honest, it’s a waste of time comparing one country to another on this, particularly where there’s a huge gulf between the two cultures.

Ireland, along with Australia and New Zealand rank as some of the least deferential places on the planet. You’re not going to change that culture, nor would it be a particularly desirable thing to do. However, you can work with what we have and communicate better. Look at NZ for example. Whether or not you agree with her, Jacinda Arden has done a far, far better job of communicating than any of our lot, and light years ahead of her counterparts in Australia while the the U.K. and US are on a different planet entirely.

We should be sharing experience with Canada, NZ and Australia and also countries like France, Belgium, etc that are extremely similar to us in a lot more ways than we think.

Comparisons with Japan, as much as we may get on just don’t really provide much of a communication template to use as the underlying political culture and general social attitudes are extremely different.

I also think however, we need to be damn careful not to keep drawing comparisons and ideas from the US. The similarities between Irish and American society are also only superficial in a lot of ways.

We need to be trying to appeal much more to our sense of community, family and that we should be looking out for one another and for the future prosperity and stability of this island.

We should be ignoring the conspiracy theorists that are just being radicalised online.

Debate the nuances of the restrictions etc but some of the really mad stuff really needs to be called what it is : utterly bonkers !