congratulations Brian, your blind love for China have led you to a place no American have staked out previously.

despite all of our political differences, the one thing that unites all Americans is the fundamental belief that freedom of speech is a basic human right. You just managed to cross that off your list and threw that belief into the trash bin.

you do realize the very reason the pandemic is as bad as it is at this point is because of the complete lack of free speech within China and the tight power structure that regulates speech. you apparently was also unable to appreciate the irony that the whistle blowing physician had to write a confession citing the error of his ways just prior to his death.

as for wrong predictions. you always have to subtract 2% from the yearly gdp from official figures. some prior predictions looking at sudden collapse may have been wrong, but many that called for an economy mired in years of stagflation are spot on.

a lot of Chinese did buy into your point that money is freedom. but they are realizing that’s just government propaganda. Chinese government actually had propaganda stating they are the world’s LARGEST DEMOCRACY several months ago using the same point you just made. Most of the world and ethnic Chinese world outside of China just laughed and shook their heads, but apparently the propaganda did work for one person outside of China. Again, my congratulations to you on this.