Thursday, April 02, 2020

"The Era of Peak Globalisation Is Over"

"It is only by recognising the frailties of [neo-]liberal societies that their most essential values can be preserved. Along with fairness they include individual liberty, which as well as being worthwhile in itself is a necessary check on government. But those who believe personal autonomy is the innermost human need betray an ignorance of psychology, not least their own. For practically everyone, security and belonging are as important, often more so. [Neo-]Liberalism was, in effect, a systematic denial of this fact."

John Gray at New Statesman says that "this crisis is a turning point in history."

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