Dr. Colin Mayer: How Policy Shapes Social Connection
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The Pandemic Is Increasingly Tribalized
We live in an increasingly tribalized society, whether it's in Europe, the UK, the United States. This is happening because we're retreating into ourselves, and the pandemic is accelerating that process by making isolation not just a psychological phenomenon, but a medical one as well. As this happens, then the politics of consensus that we thought was becoming universal disintegrates. In its place comes the politics of dissent, which feeds on individual senses of grievance and distrust.
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