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hoolstoptheheels

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Yeah, they don’t see the post WW2 world order as advantageous to them, so


They certainly don’t view themselves accountable to any part of it (like fair trade practices).

They are however deeply accountable to their own people, even while keeping them under their thumb. IMO there’s a de facto trade off whereby the people will sacrifice their freedoms (not sure its much of a sacrifice in a society with no real tradition around individual freedom) in exchange for economic growth and prosperity. Thus, the sudden about face on zero covid, which is completely inconsistent with prosperity, and which they were completely inflexible on until they suddenly weren’t.

Assuming they knew of a lab leak and hid it from the word go, I think it was their own people they were hiding it from more than the intl community.

(In response to this post by hoobedda)

Posted: 06/12/2023 at 2:11PM



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