Commentary
It is apparently much easier to tell the truth about state action the farther away it is from home. And hence even The New York Times seems alarmed at the covid lockdowns in Shanghai, and pretending as if nothing like that could happen here even though the whole practice of lockdown the world over was directly copied from the Wuhan model.
“China is meddling with free enterprise as it hadn’t in decades,” says the paper. “The results are familiar to those old enough to remember: scarcity, and the rise of black markets.”
The disruptions are especially difficult for smaller businesses.
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