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In Memoriam
A family member recently met a maker of the film, "The Lesson Plan", who was a member of the high school class that was the subject of that movie and others involved in the "Third Wave" experiment. It was an all-too-real lesson in the power of fascist-style leadership.
It got me to thinking about how public health policy is implemented. When democratic-leaning countries try to implement a policy (like immunization or travel restriction) based on "community good", they are dealing with the phenomenon presented in this movie - that democracies tend to emphasize individualism, as opposed to fascist-type countries.
So would NOT promoting a message of "community good" be more effective in democratic countries? I do find it odd that many in the US are motivated by conformity to the perceived majority, while opposing attempts to impose a sense of community good in some policies. Could public health policy be more accepted if it was presented as "popular"?
It got me to thinking about how public health policy is implemented. When democratic-leaning countries try to implement a policy (like immunization or travel restriction) based on "community good", they are dealing with the phenomenon presented in this movie - that democracies tend to emphasize individualism, as opposed to fascist-type countries.
So would NOT promoting a message of "community good" be more effective in democratic countries? I do find it odd that many in the US are motivated by conformity to the perceived majority, while opposing attempts to impose a sense of community good in some policies. Could public health policy be more accepted if it was presented as "popular"?