«China caused this crash, and it should be made to pay for it»

Pandemic, race riots, panic, and lockdowns. Celebrated culture critic Douglas Murray examines the personal upheavals and global transformations the past year has wrought: “The worst actor in the world in 2020 is the Chinese Communist Party. It cannot be allowed to drive off in a beautiful new vehicle of its own design.”

The corona pandemic is unfolding as one of the greatest challenges of our generation. It strikes at a time when the foundations of Western civilization are already buckling under the pressure of populist revolts on the Right and “woke” commands from the Left. Gender, religion, morality, and rational inquiry are in flux. God is declared dead while religious extremists wage war. “He” is replaced by 21st century “Modern Man” who assumes omnipotent powers of social invention. A frightened and docile public acquiesces to dubious official decrees, intellectual fads, and ever more shrill “woke” demands.

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