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I would argue that the political problem stems from human psychology - it's much easier to just base your decisions on what authority figures you respect / all your friends / the party you identify with believe, vs building your own first principles opinion.

If you view right-wing opposition to masks, etc. as a failure of human psychology, then we're sunk because there's no changing that.

If you view this as a political problem, then we have levers--elections, public shaming of leaders, educational campaigns, etc.  These may not be effective levers, but they're better than nothing.

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I would argue that the political problem stems from human psychology - it's much easier to just base your decisions on what authority figures you respect / all your friends / the party you identify with believe, vs building your own first principles opinion.

If you view right-wing opposition to masks, etc. as a failure of human psychology, then we're sunk because there's no changing that.

If you view this as a political problem, then we have levers--elections, public shaming of leaders, educational campaigns, etc.  These may not be effective levers, but they're better than nothing.