Is There a Better Centralized Government?

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CNN's John Sutter looks at the chinese response to a deadly virus. He says it could be easy for people in the west to copy that approach, but this would be a mistake. There is an unlimited amount of information on social networks today, he says. This has really been driven by what you're also getting from other stuff like Facebook and Twitter.

Ben and James contrast U.S. and China’s response to the coronavirus, and the choices facing society about how to handle information.

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