The Social Contract

Send us Fan MailGEORGE:Today: the social contract.Who bears the risk, who gets protected, who gets blamed, and who gets forgotten—in plague-time England and in COVID-era America.Quick reminder: my Shakespeare can look back from the present day at his life on earth—films, scholarship, modern claims—but he cannot predict the future. No prophecy.WILL:Memory, yes.Foresight, no.GEORGE:When I say “social contract,” I don’t mean a philosophy seminar.I mean the unwritten deal we make in a crisis:Who is asked to sacrifice?Who is allowed to stay safe?Who is policed?Who is believed?WILL:And who is… expendable.Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.