And once again, the blame is being laid at the door of 'Civilization', this time in the form of globalisation. The coronavirus has hugely increased, at least in the short term, the costs of global inequality and exploitation. The other option open to the rich and powerful to reduce their vulnerability is to reform the global systems rather than retreat from them. The global vulnerability to diseases such as Covid 19 rests on such distortions and inequalities. Similarly, the coronavirus pandemic can provide an impetus for a flood of ideas on how to construct a better global order, rather than retreating from it.

Source: The Star May 03, 2020 01:52 UTC