It may be suggested that more authoritarian government or
cultures have been able to enforce and cope with lockdown better than others.
But there is a counter-argument that the community spirit and collaboration is
greater in those counties of civil liberties.
Could Britain become like George Orwell’s 1984 with drones patrolling
the streets or embrace more socialist concepts like universal income as espoused
in Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman
Maybe we will see a new social contract as suggested in Out
of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot or as
advocated by Robert Peston in his book WTF?: What have we done? Why did it
happen? How do we take back control?
Brexit seems tame in its impact and its implications
compared to where we are now.
In his book How To Fix The Future, Andrew Keen looks at how
different governments approach the use of data for civil purposes. In his best
seller books (Homo Deus and 21 Lessons
for 21st Century) Yuval Noah Harari also explores the choices and future
scenarios that may arise as a result of the decisions we take.
The papers say We will have to accept the curtailment of our liberty to
vanquish the coronavirus in one breath and Britain has traded individual liberty for a
terrifying state omnishambles
Some try to take a neutral stance: Liberty and the Coronavirus: Not An
Either/Or Proposition
Now might be a useful time to engage in a debate about the world
we want to return to when this is all over.
Feedback and comments welcome.
#LetsResetNormal
LINKS
We will have to accept the curtailment of our liberty to
vanquish the coronavirus
Britain has traded individual liberty for a terrifying state
omnishambles
Liberty and the Coronavirus: Not An Either/Or Proposition
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