"The Moral Austerity Trap" published at "The Bellows", authored by Geoff Shullenberger (23 December 2020)
Mensch59 here. "Unemployment, hunger, institutional breakdown, and the destruction of social bonds are not symptoms of a virus. They are the indirect violence of class warfare. The pandemic is a convenient scapegoat for the largest upward wealth transfer in modern human history. Under the pretext of a public health policy, elites have successfully waged a counterrevolution that will result in the erosion of working conditions and quality of life for generations to come." ~ Alex Getentag (who also writes at The Bellows") The Moral Austerity Trap How reducing politics to the moral simplicity of "saving lives" leads us to elite oppression. by Geoff Shullenberger December 23, 2020 Saving lives as a race to the bottom. (photo: Mike Kemp / Getty Images | photoshop: Edwin Aponte) Over the past half-decade, a series of political passions have swept across the Democratic coalition. Despite their intensity, these moments of moral fervor have tended to fade as the news...