Would an extra million dollars to a billionaire ever be worth the loss of someone you love to Covid?
For the past year Australians have heard politicians, business leaders and conservative commentators argue that we need to balance the benefits of protecting Australians from Covid-19 with the costs of those protections to “the economy”. Should we close down risky venues or keep them open? Should we worry about the elderly who might get sick and die or the young people who might lose their jobs?
How do we choose between my money and your life? Or your mum’s life? In a society where conservatives frequently argue that all life is sacred, that unborn babies have more rights than their mothers, and that those dying in pain must be denied the mercy of voluntary euthanasia, it is hard to imagine that we could even have such a debate. But we do, and the debate is led by conservatives.
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