Interesting provocative read. I'm from Denmark myself where we're on lockdown lite and there's enough social capital to (and public healthcare) to keep things ticking over. How would you contextualise your position in light of the relative 'success' in containing the virus in China or Taiwan?
Hi Mads, in the long run I think the West will have to contain the virus, despite big tech’s profit margins and the more general authoritarian policies it helps building. But in the face of competition with China, the EU and the US will have a hard time if their economies don’t function „normally“. I’m thinking of the entertainment, hospitality, sports sectors especially. One cannot ignore the impact of those on consumer demand.
This is excellent. I've from the beginning argued that this lockdown/corona regime was neoliberalism on steroids, but I don't have your analytical skill & familiarity with Marx, so very glad you're writing about this stuff.
Thank you for putting the virus event into an appropriate context. It is crucial to understand it within a larger mechanism of exploitation and subjugation. Without such recognition, no action can be constructive to forward people’s interests.
Interesting provocative read. I'm from Denmark myself where we're on lockdown lite and there's enough social capital to (and public healthcare) to keep things ticking over. How would you contextualise your position in light of the relative 'success' in containing the virus in China or Taiwan?
Hi Mads, in the long run I think the West will have to contain the virus, despite big tech’s profit margins and the more general authoritarian policies it helps building. But in the face of competition with China, the EU and the US will have a hard time if their economies don’t function „normally“. I’m thinking of the entertainment, hospitality, sports sectors especially. One cannot ignore the impact of those on consumer demand.
This is excellent. I've from the beginning argued that this lockdown/corona regime was neoliberalism on steroids, but I don't have your analytical skill & familiarity with Marx, so very glad you're writing about this stuff.
Thank you Lorie!
Thank you for putting the virus event into an appropriate context. It is crucial to understand it within a larger mechanism of exploitation and subjugation. Without such recognition, no action can be constructive to forward people’s interests.