Has anyone written a good piece on how/why lockdowns became a culture war issue? (And why the sides split the way they did?)
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Replying to @matthewclifford
Is there a prominent debate that hasn't become a culture war issue?
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Replying to @Sam_Dumitriu
Fair. I suppose to the extent there’s been a decoupling of “culture” issues from trad L/R economics issues (e.g. fairly easy for Johnson to accommodate a more left-ish position in December) why has lockdown split on culture rather than economics?
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Replying to @matthewclifford @Sam_Dumitriu
This split is obvious in the US — is it so clear in the UK? I see mostly agreement on lockdown from the Left and Right and only "classical" liberals push for opening up.
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Replying to @jordnb @Sam_Dumitriu
Looks to me that it's mainly the culture warriors in the UK who are anti-lockdown: Toby Young, Spiked, most of the Brexit-y types in the media
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Replying to @matthewclifford @Sam_Dumitriu
My impression too. Tbh I'm surprised there's not more of a culture war. We're trying to figure out where to set the balance between economic or human death* and to either side this thing is obviously a disaster. * or move the Pareto front where we _just copy Singapore_
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29% vs 72% on the bottom left is pretty glaring thoughpic.twitter.com/siDbNrqkdN
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