What does suffering under an oppressive regime sound like? In the past, that may have been a difficult question to answer directly, but not anymore. Video posted to Twitter by author and radio host, Patrick Madrid, of people screaming out their windows in despair after a week of being locked down in Shanghai is the sound of pure oppression.
The translation she gave me: “It’s Shanghai, everyone is screaming, started with a couple now everyone is screaming, after a week of lockdown, something is going to happen, no one knows when this is going to end.”
He says they can’t even step outside their apartments.
— Patrick Madrid ✌🏼 (@patrickmadrid) April 9, 2022
David Culver, a CNN international correspondent in Shanghai, has reported on the desperation. He can’t even leave his apartment.
Some residents in Shanghai say they are starving under the Covid-19 lockdown, @CNN International correspondent @David_Culver reports on Monday’s #GoThere. pic.twitter.com/3FjQP7Gs5N
— CNN+ (@CNNplus) April 11, 2022
In another segment, Culver explained the harsh conditions, including starvation, residents of Shanghai are going through.
CNN’s @David_Culver reports on China’s draconian Covid lockdown in Shanghai. People are shouting, “We are starving” pic.twitter.com/EI94xyD830
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 11, 2022
Action Line: Americans in the big blue cities have some idea of what the residents of Shanghai are going through. They watched in 2020 and 2021 as draconian lockdowns put their businesses into bankruptcy and kept them away from family members and loved ones. Now the world knows that such lockdowns didn’t help, and in fact may have hurt. If you live in a state or city where your politicians were willing to sacrifice your livelihood or your children’s mental health simply for their unscientific, politically motivated lockdown strategies, it’s time to look for a better America today. I can help. Click here to sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, and I’ll put you on the path to living in a Super State.
