China literally spent months covering up the outbreak and has probably been twisting WHO's arm to downplay their role and lying about statistics the whole time I mean USG is hardly covering itself in glory but this is an awful narrative And it will probably work So it goeshttps://twitter.com/wolftivy/status/1237815957898162176 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
does nobody read history? I was just yesterday describing some of the shit that happened during the Great Leap Forward and resulting famines. This is the known character of the Chinese state. why do people not get this?
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Replying to @danlistensto @eigenrobot
I'm not defending China response covid19 but I don't think the leaders in China today resemble those during the leap period.
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Replying to @granderojo @eigenrobot
some differences to be sure but this culture in the Chinese state is literally centuries old. here's an example of it from 2200 years ago.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazexiang_uprising …
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the quip is usually told as "the penalty for treason is death. so is the penalty for tardiness. we're already tardy..."pic.twitter.com/ZUWfwf15Sk
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Replying to @danlistensto @eigenrobot
Sir, I'm going to need you to reduce your monitor resolution so this is viewable on mobile
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phone users need to be punished
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