[ExI] chinese fires, was:RE: book review

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 at 17:21, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
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> >…The difference between that and Marxism is that capitalism succeeds.
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> It isn’t too surprising considering where I live that I have a lot of
> friends who are Chinese expatriates.  They have a lot to say about these
> lockdowns the commies are doing to try to prevent spread of covid.  That
> they would resort to extreme measures is most astonishing considering the
> mild nature of the recent covid variants.  I had it twice: the first time
> whooped my ass bigtime, the second was no worse than a typical seasonal
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> milder than most I have had.  But the Chinese government is flexing its
> muscle and reminding the people that the government is the boss, the people
> are the slaves.
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> If anyone in an entire Chinese apartment complex gets infected, the whole
> building is locked down.  Recently a fire broke out.  The authorities
> wouldn’t let them out for a mere fire.  The commies know what would happen
> if they did let the people out for a mere fire: every building which was
> locked down would mysteriously have a mere fire, that same day.  Naturally
> this government action enraged the populace, who are now rioting.


You think they’re having the lockdowns just as a display of power, even
though it’s turning people against them and damaging the economy, the one
thing that the leadership knows has kept them in power this long?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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