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Re:White House deletes tweet after Twitter adds 'context' note by selestify on Saturday November 05, 2022 @01:09AM (#33478170)
> You can tell by looking at what the polity does, it is often turns out in hindsight that it is quite an intelligent and practical beast.

Could you provide any specific examples of that?

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Re:White House deletes tweet after Twitter adds 'context' note by roenxi on Saturday November 05, 2022 @03:16AM (#33478785)
Compare the Chinese response to COVID to democracies like the US. In the US, the COVID pandemic response is basically history. In China, they are still locking places down and you can find videos of people literally fleeing the authorities [0]. This is the difference between a country where official policy is a bit behind the times vs a public that isn't particularly panicked and (correctly) identifies that the threat is minor and they need to get on with life.

[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-62547503

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