Thanks to the pandemic, we're all being offered a very hard lesson in the consequences of a collapse in faith in liberal institutions. It's not the revolution many have been hoping for.
I draw a distinction between the degradation of the institution of policing, which has been primarily because of BLM, and education, which had been outlawed and remains severely restricted due to progressive authoritarian governance.
Kids' development of all ages has been a dumpster fire for 6 months now and counting. Of course the poor will bear the brunt. Jen's article -- and almost all journalism on justice and the pandemic -- ignores its greatest demographic inequity of all: age. The same generation(s) that bear the greatest social and psychodevelopmental consequences of the pandemic restrictions are absolutely the least likely to benefit from them. (And are also the only ones who will be earning income when the bill really comes due.)
This virus is a bastard. We're left with a series of choices marked by bad or worse. And the approach we have taken firmly prioritizes the health and quality of life for those over sixty. The Swedish model flips this equation on its head, being unwilling to inflict the harm that we have on children and young adults and placing the burden of physical isolation primarily on those most likely to benefit: the old.
Back in North America, is it really any coincidence that as the wealthiest and most powerful voting block in modern history reaches advanced age all of our new public spending is focused exclusively on healthcare, and the young are being goaded into fighting over how to distribute the remaining little bits?
"The war of all against all". I shudder at the notion that all it takes is fear over a virus to set civil society back to pre-Hobbesian times. My biased view is that civil society is but a thin veneer that covers our tribalism. In Canada, is that veneer made of kevlar or rice paper?
Not sure of the solution but I believe most major institutions should be an equal mix of government, corporate and private. This power mix helps keep participants honest. Let unions fall where they may. Of course federal government must over see all.
I draw a distinction between the degradation of the institution of policing, which has been primarily because of BLM, and education, which had been outlawed and remains severely restricted due to progressive authoritarian governance.
Kids' development of all ages has been a dumpster fire for 6 months now and counting. Of course the poor will bear the brunt. Jen's article -- and almost all journalism on justice and the pandemic -- ignores its greatest demographic inequity of all: age. The same generation(s) that bear the greatest social and psychodevelopmental consequences of the pandemic restrictions are absolutely the least likely to benefit from them. (And are also the only ones who will be earning income when the bill really comes due.)
This virus is a bastard. We're left with a series of choices marked by bad or worse. And the approach we have taken firmly prioritizes the health and quality of life for those over sixty. The Swedish model flips this equation on its head, being unwilling to inflict the harm that we have on children and young adults and placing the burden of physical isolation primarily on those most likely to benefit: the old.
Back in North America, is it really any coincidence that as the wealthiest and most powerful voting block in modern history reaches advanced age all of our new public spending is focused exclusively on healthcare, and the young are being goaded into fighting over how to distribute the remaining little bits?
"The war of all against all". I shudder at the notion that all it takes is fear over a virus to set civil society back to pre-Hobbesian times. My biased view is that civil society is but a thin veneer that covers our tribalism. In Canada, is that veneer made of kevlar or rice paper?
Not sure of the solution but I believe most major institutions should be an equal mix of government, corporate and private. This power mix helps keep participants honest. Let unions fall where they may. Of course federal government must over see all.