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ome years ago, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said “if we could just be China for a day” we would be able to “authorize the right solutions … on everything from the economy to environment.” It’s a fantasy often dreamed of, usually in secret, by Western elites. For the rest of us, it’s a nightmare.
While our country, and much of the world, has finally walked away from most of the liberty-robbing and soul-crushing pandemic restrictions, China is convulsing over the government’s zero-tolerance rules. Protests – mostly peaceful, or course – have spread across major cities. The oppressed citizens are revolting, reports the Associated Press, “against restrictions that have confined millions to their homes.” CNN called the demonstrations “an unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy.”
In some instances, says the AP, the Chinese have been under literal house arrest “for up to four months.” Many “say they lack reliable access to food and medical supplies.” The Brownstone Institute tells us that the unfortunate who test positive for COVID “are taken to sparse, overcrowded quarantine camps resembling prisons,” while babies have been separated from their parents, and in some cases “pets are killed.” Other reports say a crackdown on the unrest, which is always the preferred Beijing response, is on its way.
It’s terrifying to think that the events, which are sure to grow ugly, could have happened here. China’s policy of detainment is what the Western ruling class wanted.
“It’s worth remembering who it was exactly who advocated these insane zero-COVID lockdown policies and urged us to emulate them: Our own media elites and health officials,” writes Michael Senger for the Brownstone Institute.
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