Oct 22, 2021 • 1HR 13M

Enough With the Masks Already!

Technocratic approaches to political problems often make things worse.

 
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Damir Marusic
Shadi Hamid
Agreement is nice. Disagreement is better.
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Damir and Shadi talk about health security theater during this latest phase of the pandemic, before going on to discuss how technocratic approaches tend to worsen and exacerbate polarization in democratic societies. Also: can anyone make a moral case for democracy without recourse to God?

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