COVID and the death of liberalism

[Neo-Malthusian Misanthrope]

This is is a thought-provoking piece, if a tad dense for me since I'm rusty on my enlightenment-era philosophy and the early modern origins of small-l liberalism, but we're certainly hurtling towards the end of the post-war liberal order and COVID has accelerated that. Your point about utilitarianism is interesting to me, as in my recent dives into economic theory I've seen some try and salvage liberalism from simply maximizing arbitrary utility to instead more of a Rawlsian "original position" view of redistribution but perhaps that's more progressive than liberal in the classical sense. Returning to a sort of localized collective responsibility could also be a likely outcome rather than a massive collective of the commie bogeyman NWO variety. Honestly, I have no clue where we're going or if grand societal shifts are even possible at this point where we're all plugged-in. I'm just along for the ride and want to do the best for myself and for those around me.