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Re:Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like t... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @03:20AM (#22672764)
Americans are free spirits, unlike people from more structured or rigidly governed countries. They're not used to giving up their personal freedom when someone tells them its for the good of all.

So unlike the Chinese, who shutter themselves obediently and trustingly at the whim of their government.

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Re:Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like t... by elpatoisthebest on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @09:55AM (#22674761)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I remember videos of Chinese people, very unhappily, being forced to stay in their homes by armed guards, as opposed to them obediently trusting their government.

Maybe I'm misremembering?

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Re:Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like t... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:26AM (#22675365)
Don't forget when members of the local government in China were welding doors shut on apartment buildings.

People could still get out if they really needed to, but they had to go through the main entrance where they were screening people for symptoms.

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Re:Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like t... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:55AM (#22675122)
That gunpoint trust has to be earned.
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