From a new essay by Pankaj Mishra: "Covid-19 shattered what John Stuart Mill called ‘the deep slumber of a decided opinion’, forcing many to realise that they live in a broken society, with a carefully dismantled state."
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Kinda disappointed. Your well-chosen clippings suggested a better essay than it is. The thing reads as polished tedium to me, rehearsing tired left-liberal critiques with a generous slathering of evocative/affective prose substituting for novel arguments.
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