A Question of Legacy: Reading Jordan Schachtel's Covid, Courage and Cowardice

Jordan Schachtel's Covid, Courage and Cowardice https://dossier.substack.com/p/covid-courage-and-cowardice

Covid, Courage, and Cowardice: Choose Your Path (Jordan Schachtel)

 by Jordan Schachtel The Dossier

“Moral courage can be lonely indeed. People don’t mind being trapped, as long as no one else is free. But stage a break, and everybody else begins to panic.” - William Deresiewicz

When I look back at the times of Covid hysteria, I think most about outliers and rule followers, and what separates courageous people from cowards.

These past three years served as a good reminder that true courage is an isolating experience. It is both difficult to possess and retain, and regularly interpreted by one’s peers as both peculiar and dangerous. Courage is special because it is a unique trait that separates the man from the mob. 

We all think we’d be this guy: 

 

But in late 2019, when push came to shove, the vast majority of our population submitted to the regime.