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Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee

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The Pandemic and the Importance of Scarcity

The pandemic, I think, was exactly one of these upheavals that I have been discussing because states around the world very quickly expanded their social safety nets in this really profound way. It was a moment where we saw what is possible if we actually had democratic and responsive states. But now they're desperately trying to get us back to the status quo pre 2020, right? The Pandora's box here has been open.

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