People tend to adopt a voluntary form of amnesia to cope with shame or horror over societal events, similar to the forced amnesia imposed by authoritative powers. This voluntary form of amnesia is viewed as a method to forget and avoid confronting unpleasant truths. The speaker questions society's readiness to accept and enforce lockdown measures, suggesting a future reflection on compliance and acceptance during such times.
Brendan O'Neill is the chief political writer at "spiked" and host of "The Brendan O'Neill Show." He's also the author of several books, among them "Anti-Woke," "A Duty to Offend," and most recently, "A Heretic's Manifesto: Essays on the Unsayable."
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