• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Insane framing

          Literally "The Emperor Has No Clothes", except the Emperor is Nurgle and we are all lovingly blessed with his attention.

      • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        In bad country, the brutal dictatorship forces its population to not die from a pandemic.

      • Tervell [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        there's a bit about the Vietnam War where some US general was questioned about whether the bombing of civilians would cause them to turn against the Americans, and basically answered "well, these orientals have different ideas about death, so they won't really care"

        turns out, it was projection all along (as usual), and it's Westerners who are the ones willing to just callously let a bunch of their population die and pretend everything's fine

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          you're probably thinking of Westmoreland

          "The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a Westerner. Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient."

      • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        that quote is completely insane. libs really take the nyt seriously even though they're putting out drivel like this lmao

        Death to America

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          All the coverage of China's Zero Covid has just been deranged death cult worshipper shit. "Prioritizing human life before stock market gains; Does it offend Dread Lord Bucafas, Duke of Hell and commander of one hundred and seventy seven legions of demons?"

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        Literal Demonic ramblings

        The capitalists and their dogs are really feeling themselves

      • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        No, you see, China is lying about their numbers and have had even more people die to COVID than the USA. Even though it's been three years and no one has actually brought forward any evidence to back this up, but trust me, bro. :so-true:

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Again and again I'll say it - In 10 years America is going to be massively burdened with people of all ages with severe Covid-related disability. There will be entire generations of young people unfit for military service because their cardiovascular system is so fucked up by Covid.

      Meanwhile, the average Chinese person who never had Covid will be like a fucking super-soldier compared to people anywhere else in the world.

      The failure to contain Covid was a huge national security failure that will haunt the US for decades.