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Jiang says Chinese authorities could use renewed virus fears as a pretext for more lockdowns because confining discontented people to their apartments worked spectacularly well for the state before.
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Lockdowns
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...would not be surprised if there were there were some more lockdowns. And so I think, you know, there are lots of pretexts that..."
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diagnosis
Jiang says Covid lockdowns benefited boomers with assets and health-risk concerns while damaging young people's mental health, schooling, and economic prospects.
prediction
Without cheap energy, Jiang predicts governments will use emergency reductions in mobility and consumption, including work-from-home, four-day weeks, lockdowns, food rationing, airline contraction, and higher meat and flight prices.
diagnosis
Jiang says the American left has consumed itself through woke ideology, establishment alignment, and lockdown-era behavior, leaving it with little credibility.
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He contrasts this with Western reports of more severe mental-health breakdowns during lockdowns.
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"...would not be surprised if there were there were some more lockdowns. And so I think, you know, there are lots of pretexts that..."
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"and say there's a virus going around and people are going to like, you know, stay at home. So that's something that's trying to..."
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"...and you and i you and i both agree that the lockdowns were inappropriate um it shattered the mental health of young people who..."
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"...this disease so that's that's why they were in favor of lockdown and then you had um the um you you had october 7th..."
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"...the implementation of four -day work weeks. Eventually, they'll move to lockdowns, very similar to COVID as well. Because the reality is that"
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"...a hard time. They're going to struggle, and you will see lockdowns. You will see food rationing throughout the world. There are actually no..."
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"...through its alignment with the establishment, through its it's it's covered lockdowns. I mean, like the left has. There's actually no credibility in America..."
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"Right. So, you know, the Chinese school system closed a lot earlier than the other school systems. And the impact wasn't as bad for..."
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