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Lionel Shriver & The Importance Of Difficult People

2021/4/5
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Lionel Shriver: 我对英国民众在疫情期间如此轻易地接受封锁,并似乎沉迷于被命令和被告知该做什么感到震惊。我认为英国政府权力过大,控制民众的日常生活,如同铁幕下的东恶国家。政府的规定荒谬且缺乏科学依据,许多人盲目依赖政府的指示,而非独立判断自身风险。西方民主国家的人民过于轻易地服从政府和权威人物的指示,缺乏正常的质疑精神。大量可靠的研究表明,严格的政府措施与死亡或住院人数之间没有关联,但人们不愿关注这些信息。英国民众对权威的服从度很高,容易被极权主义统治。疫情期间,人们更容易无所事事,社交变得费力。我认为鲍里斯·约翰逊在疫情期间的处理方式是专制的,背叛了他的自由主义立场。英国政府的科学顾问们在疫情期间缺乏科学精神,不愿改变立场。由于巨大的政治和经济成本,英国政府不太可能承认封锁政策的错误。我对疫情期间的观察和批评没有产生任何影响。让我感到恐惧的是,即使疫苗接种,人们的生活也可能不会恢复正常,对变异病毒的恐惧会导致无限期的限制措施。 Ben Domenech: 就英国疫情封锁政策,以及美国社会对类似问题的反应,与Lionel Shriver进行了探讨。讨论内容涵盖了政府权力、个人自由、科学证据、民众行为、以及对未来社会影响的担忧。

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Lionel Shriver discusses her shock at how readily the UK population has embraced lockdown, reveling in being ordered about on a microscopic level, and how this has strained her affection for the country.

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Dive into the fray with host Ben Domenech, publisher and co-founder of The Federalist, as he welcomes American author and journalist, Lionel Shriver.

In this conversation, Shriver explains why she believes Britons are reveling “in being ordered about and told what to do,” throughout the pandemic. They discuss Shriver's love of difficult people, those who question the rules, and the importance of liberty and freedom in the time of COVID-19.

Later, Shriver previews her upcoming novel, Should We Stay Or Should We Go, available June 8th. 

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