There is a deep rooted inclination towards moralistic aestheticism and self-denial in our society which impulsively seeks refuge from crisis in personal restraint and discipline. https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1245478571520507905

The health claims about alcohol might be legit but they're a post-hoc gloss on a moral reaction. This concept of 'essential' shops, 'essential' services, etc has animated all sorts of supressed anxieties about the frivolous, decadent, or indulgent nature of our general lifestyles

Which is connected to the point I made about cops the other day: https://twitter.com/MediocreDave/status/1244768488276856834

'Essential' is not an objective category of work, travel, purchase, business, or excercise. One question might be, 'essential for what?' Human survival? The long-term stability of the capitalist economy? The immediate maintenance of order and the rule of law? Spiritual welbeing?