Mr. Xi presided over a meeting of senior Communist Party leaders at which they acknowledged shortcomings in policies on public health and emergency management, according to a report by China’s official news agency. The leaders called the coronavirus epidemic “a major test of China’s system and capacity for governance.”
What? Of the whole system? The capacity to govern is threatened? Guys, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. NO. It is not that. It is not either of those things. What the fuck are you getting so hysterical for? This is a goddamn VIRUS, okay? The FLU. You are losing your goddamn minds over a new FLU. You just built a new 1,000 bed hospital in ONE WEEK. You are going to stop this thing. A major...You want to talk a major test of your system, how 'bout the fucking Cultural Revolution, huh? You want to talk about your system's capacity for governance? How was your capacity for governance during the fucking Great Leap, huh? "China's system" survived both of those; it can survive a fucking FLU. Jeezus Christ.
What? Of the whole system? The capacity to govern is threatened? Guys, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. NO. It is not that. It is not either of those things. What the fuck are you getting so hysterical for? This is a goddamn VIRUS, okay? The FLU. You are losing your goddamn minds over a new FLU. You just built a new 1,000 bed hospital in ONE WEEK. You are going to stop this thing. A major...You want to talk a major test of your system, how 'bout the fucking Cultural Revolution, huh? You want to talk about your system's capacity for governance? How was your capacity for governance during the fucking Great Leap, huh? "China's system" survived both of those; it can survive a fucking FLU. Jeezus Christ.
