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The Politics of Fear?

Whether in politics, the economy, or private life: the coronavirus sets the pace. Thousands of companies are heading towards bankruptcy, and restrictions on civil liberties that were previously thought impossible are being enacted without discussion - indefinitely. Many people remain in fear and passivity. Governments submit to the recommendations of experts, opposition is barely visible, and the media questions little. What is actually happening here? The seemingly chaotic reactions to the virus are placed by Paul Schreyer into an enlightening global context. It becomes clear that some of the current developments do not seem to be coincidental.