One intriguing aspect of the #COVID19 pandemic is the extent to which it has exposed current ideologies such as the current left-right divide for their hollow tribalism, rather than carriers of shared moral values.
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The dissonance and internal inconstencies on all sides of the political spectrum within our societies may have become too strong for current tribalisms to survive much beyond the pandemic.
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It feels interesting to speculate along what axis our societies may become polarised in the future. I would predict the major new divide in society will crystallise along the & #39;existentialist vs. essentialist& #39; axis that currently divides society on how to respond to #COVID19.
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Existentialism, in short, both in its atheistic and religious expressions, recognises an individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will, which gives meaning to life.
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Essentialism in its political form can be defined as: "The doctrine that states that there is a single nature and destiny for human kind and that an elite is indispensable for bringing this about through political action." Hugh P. McDonald
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It may be of interesting to note in the context of #COVID19 that while existentialism tends to represent the moral values generally associated to & #39;modern Western culture& #39;, essentialism is more in line with those traditionally associated to & #39;Far Eastern philosophy& #39;.
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