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The West, though, tried a different approach. Its idea was that because there was a “tradeoff” between “the economy” and public health, eradicating Covid wasn’t realistic. It could only be controlled, in some vague way. And local, temporary lockdowns would keep it under control. Now, most scholars and scientists in this field disagreed vehemently. But Western leaders were not listening.
How the West Got Covid So Wrong
umair haque
We are concerned with what Girard calls the metaphysical desire: the desire of another’s desire and not the object itself.
René Girard’s Mimetic Theory Changed the Way I Looked at My Own Desires.
Mo Issa
In Gaza, in August 2014, I spent ten days in a community being systematically destroyed by drone strikes, shelling and sniper fire. Fifteen hundred civilians were killed, one third of them children. In February 2015, I saw the US Congress give twenty-five standing ovations to the man who ordered the attacks.
PostCapitalism
Paul Mason
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