Originally Posted by
Flying Clog
You just keep supping the Kool Aid STW.
I'll pass.
Very wise. You won’t look back.
They’ve managed to f@ck over arguably one of the best places to live in Asia, famed for its free press and expression, quality of life etc etc ( cage dwellers aside and that is an abomination) in to a dystopian state, with no opposition and no kick back. In the absence of any credible restrictions, they’ve taken it to almost unconscionable levels, policy made up on the hoof, with too much plausibility given to so called SME’s, and a CHC out of control, camps, excessive testing, witch hunts, and expecting the one part of the population that’s actually doing anything for the economy to behave like automatons. The collateral and mental health damage as a result will be measured in years. It’s bad enough in so called democratic countries. Covid has given governments of various hues unbridled powers to lock up their citizens, and apply all sorts of restrictions that, frankly, should not have been tolerated.
The CCP have ripped up the Basic Law a couple of decades early, and turned the place in to yet another Chinese 3rd tier city, with a massive brain and talent drain to boot. And they’re welcome to it now.
Which, having spent the greater part of my working life there, is lamentable.