bmks270 said:
cbr said:
daggertx said:
cbr said:
The issue for me is that, compared to swine flu for instance, no one did **** to contain it really. No major quarantines, economic shut downs, travel bans, welding people in towers, temporary detainment centers, military mobilizations, etc. even when it infected 60 million people and killed 300k.
I certainly paid no attention to it.
This one has a response orders of magnitude more drastic.
Therefore those making those calls, who are quarantining not only people but information as well, believe this will be orders of magnitude worse than 60 mil/300k dead.
Thats the disturbing but only logical conclusion.
"Logical conclusion".
No,,,thats your opinion..
What other logical conclusions can you draw from china's apocalyptic quarantine of half a billion people and shutting down their internet and economy?
Communist party virtue signaling. "Hey look we're doing something!"
lol. yes, china, the authoritarian regime in history most concerned with saving face, keeping their economy running smoothly, preventing social disturbances, mobilized their military, locked 10% of the world's population in their homes, shut down their businesses, ports, and airports, and shut off their internet and phone service worldwide, because they're 'virtue signaling.'
that is not a logical conclusion.
and by the way, the only decadent, stupid, countries that are living off the remnants of their better forefathers, such as the US and western europe, do things like - 'virtue signaling'
china is a corrupt, dishonest ****hole, but they act in their own best interest. and this is not in their best interest unless it looks like the only way to prevent another revolution or worse catastrophe.
PS - 900,000 people die in china per month, NORMALLY. so what does it take to freak out and forcibly shut down their entire country? something more than 'just a flu' i suspect.