The West Is Responsible for Its Self-Destruction
https://www.aier.org/article/the-west-is...lf-destruction/
Jordan Schachtel
– January 6, 2021 Reading Time: 4 minutes

AIER >> Daily Economy >> Government >> Crisis >> Authoritarianism


As America and the West as a whole struggles to regain its economic and societal foothold through our self-inflicted, perpetual coronavirus crisis, China will round out 2020 with another impressive year of booming growth. China will end the year as the only major power that has seen economic growth in 2020. And Beijing forecasts an astounding 8.4% GDP boost in 2021.

What separates China from the rest of us is simple: China did not buy what it was selling. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) put an end to their internal corona hysteria over 9 months ago, with a simple, sweeping notice. In March, they declared that the situation related to the novel coronavirus in Wuhan was over, along with pretty much the entirety of their epidemic countrywide. The problem had been solved, and that was that. Case closed. No further questions.

Did China at that point recognize that COVID-19 was not worthy of the hype? That much remains very unclear. [...]

If we want to maintain our republic, and Western society as a whole, we need to remember the principles that we stand for, and reject the dictates coming down from maniacal politicians and bureaucrats who seek to slowly chip away at our individual liberties.-- excerpt, rest at link above --