• RNAi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Authoritarianism is when functional government

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      3 years ago

      Shanghai seems to have botched handling the initial outbreak. Other Chinese cities managed to lock down without creating too much of a mess for everyone. But since the west can't view China as anything other than Xi's totalitarian dictatorship, they'll never be nuanced about anything.

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        If what I read is true, "their botching was exactly cuz they dragged their feet "to not be so harsh" and then panicked; all because they wanted to act bratty against the central government".

        Source: trust me bro, I read it somewhere. I don't know shit about dick so take it with a carload of salt

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        I mean, it's the largest city in the largest country on earth. Cut them a little slack.