One of the most moving responses to coronavirus has come from home-quarantined Italians singing together from their balconies. They were belting out Il Canto della Verbena or Volare. The subtext was that interdependence is the only defence humans have against their own fragility. For postwar individualist philosophers like Ayn Rand — cheerleader for the primacy of private capital — the jig is well and truly up.
针对新型冠状病毒肺炎(Covid-19,即2019冠状病毒病)的最感人回应之一来自居家隔离的意大利人,他们在各自家中的阳台上一起唱歌。他们高唱《马鞭草之歌》(Il Canto della Verbena)或《飞翔》(Volare)。潜台词是,相互依赖是人类战胜自身脆弱性的唯一武器。对于鼓吹私人资本至上的艾恩•兰德(Ayn Rand)等战后个人主义哲学家而言,他们的哲学彻底完蛋了。
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