People starving and going insane in Shanghai

[Anonymous]

Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

[Anonymous]

Scary, do we maybe not understand the whole picture being from another culture?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

I mean, I pretty casually watch the news and I have understood that China is a pretty freaky dystopian state for many years now. The only people who can actually change that are the Chinese themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scary, do we maybe not understand the whole picture being from another culture?

What is there more to understand about communism and authoritarian governments? This is what they do.

[Anonymous]

My friend has lived in Shanghai teaching English for over a decade. He has been getting food and grocery deliveries, including yesterday. Don’t believe everything you read.

[Anonymous]

My coworker is from Shanghai and still has family there. She explained and said that people who are originally registered to live in Shanghai are getting supplies normally but those who have moved to the city from other places are lower on the priority list. The latter are facing shortages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scary, do we maybe not understand the whole picture being from another culture?

Nice try, but no dice Maoist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend has lived in Shanghai teaching English for over a decade. He has been getting food and grocery deliveries, including yesterday. Don’t believe everything you read.

Sure, sure. Everything is fine:

[Anonymous]

This is the response that Fauci praised. This is way over the top.

[Anonymous]

The government is delivering food to registered Shanghai residents.
The news here is selective about what it wants to report, i.e. no one is talking about what I mentioned above. It's just not sensationalist enough.

[Anonymous]

Isn't this what non-selfish people do who care about others? That's what people here would love to have us do, to show that we really care a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was browsing Reddit and this video made the front page. It is absolutely terrifying:

https://v.redd.it/8yh42x9n3ls81

That's the sound of a city of 20 million people being forced to lockdown due to the govt's mandate for zero COVID. The lockdown was put in place suddenly, so people didn't have time to prepare. Many are running out of food, and they cannot even step one foot outside of their apartment doors. There is no food deliver, and everything is shutdown, so they couldn't even buy food if they wanted to. Some people even said authorities were flying drones with speakers warning people not to open their balcony doors and that they should not sing while standing outside:

I can't believe this country is supposed to take over the world. This is some terrifying dystopian stuff and what happens when a govt gets too much power over people's lives. I guess imprisoning and starving people is better than COVID. The trucker convoy really needs to go to Shanghai, not DC.

I mean, I pretty casually watch the news and I have understood that China is a pretty freaky dystopian state for many years now. The only people who can actually change that are the Chinese themselves.

Casual Chinese news watchers would probably think there's a lot of dystopian stuff going on here too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the response that Fauci praised.

Where and when did Fauci endorse telling people they couldn’t leave their apartment even to get food even when no food deliveries were available? This is just a lie. You people are so full of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the response that Fauci praised.

Where and when did Fauci endorse telling people they couldn’t leave their apartment even to get food even when no food deliveries were available? This is just a lie. You people are so full of it.

Well clearly this is what has to take place for zero covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My coworker is from Shanghai and still has family there. She explained and said that people who are originally registered to live in Shanghai are getting supplies normally but those who have moved to the city from other places are lower on the priority list. The latter are facing shortages.

This makes sense. You can’t just live wherever you want to in china. Similar to the USSR, you have to have permission to move and settle somewhere. You have to officially register.