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From hunter to prisoner: Hurricane Katrina and the social contract

机译：从猎人到囚犯：卡特里娜飓风和社会契约

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If it was a matter of catching a stag, everyone well understood that he must keep his position faithfully; but if a hare came to pass within reach of one of them, undoubtedly he went after it without scruple, and having caught his prey did not worry much about having made his companions lose theirs (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse on Inequality, 1755). In the aftermath of the destruction and suffering visited upon New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, numerous politically charged accusations have been directed at all levels of government in the USA. At the state and local levels, some have asked why the city's evacuation plan, which could have employed hundreds of available school buses, was not followed before the levees broke. At the federal level, others have asked why the unevacuated residents had to endure days of life-threatening privation before the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and armed forces intervened. But it was not just government that failed to live up to expectations. Many ordinary citizens in New Orleans responded to the disaster by engaging in looting, and armed gangs roamed the Superdome and other parts of the city, resulting in an undetermined number of assaults and homicides. And where was law enforcement while all of this was going on? Certainly it wasn't the fault of any government agency that well over 200 city police officers decided, individually and unilaterally, to abdicate their responsibility to protect the public. Had the destruction of New Orleans been the result of a terrorist attack, it would have been the most successful such act in history - not because of the number of innocent lives lost or property destroyed, but rather because of the breakdown of the social order. What better possible outcome could a terrorist envision than planting seeds of doubt regarding the willingness and ability of individuals and government to fulfill their respective roles in the "social contract"?
机译：如果这是捕捉雄鹿的问题，每个人都非常了解他必须忠实地保持自己的位置。但是，如果一只野兔能够通过其中一个人到达，毫无疑问，他没有刮擦就追上了它，而抓到他的猎物并不担心让他的同伴失去他们的猎物（让·雅克·卢梭（Jean-Jacques Rousseau） ）。在卡特里娜飓风袭击新奥尔良的毁灭和苦难之后，美国各级政府都指控了许多政治指控。在州和地方一级，有些人问为什么在堤防破裂之前，没有遵循该市的撤离计划，该计划可能会雇用数百辆可用的校车。在联邦一级，其他人询问了为什么未被撤离的居民在联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）和武装部队干预之前不得不忍受威胁生命的日子。但是，不仅仅是政府未能达到期望。新奥尔良的许多普通公民通过抢劫来应对这场灾难，武装团伙漫游了这座城市的超人和其他地区，导致了不确定的袭击和凶杀案。所有这些都在进行的执法部门在哪里？当然，这不是任何政府机构的错，有200多个城市警察在单独和单方面决定放弃保护公众的责任。如果新奥尔良的破坏是恐怖袭击的结果，那将是历史上最成功的行为 - 不是因为无辜生命丧生或摧毁财产的数量，而是因为社会秩序的崩溃。恐怖分子对个人和政府在“社会契约”中履行各自角色的意愿和能力的意愿和能力的种子有什么更好的结果？

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