Great change in politics comes because it’s forced. Not from politics itself. It took millions of men being…

Great change in politics comes because it’s forced. Not from politics itself. It took millions of men being killed in the great wars to advance women’s rights significantly, by opening up opportunities for them with the men gone. The public health systems we have were forced…/1

…into existence by cholera and other epidemics in the 19th century. Post-war economic booms came from war industries needing to be re-purposed to do other work. Unfortunately Covid is going to need to disrupt and kill a lot more yet, to create real change. 2/2