43 sats \ 4 replies \ @bitkarrot 12 Apr 2022 freebie \ on: Why is Shanghai in a total lockdown ? bitcoin
Depopulation theory.
Miles Guo states that Xi's strategy is to starve out and have 1 in 2500 people in Shanghai die. I think the COVID is a cover up strategy.
See: https://twitter.com/cherryfatcat/status/1513370210824241158
Long Thread that hints at ' starvation ' history:
https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1512734595485106179
Some additional facts to ponder:
For one, China has a demographic time bomb going on. If they don't start figuring out how to reduce population soon, they will have hoards of old people and a small young population.
Second, there were massive floods in the last year, likely that damaged a lot of crops they had locally, leading them to increase their Ag imports from the US in the FY 2021 year to a record level, see link below.
Third, China depends a lot on US Agriculture exports for food to sustain their population, about 36 Billion dollars was exported in the last year, as the largest importing trade partner - see https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/international-markets-u-s-trade/u-s-agricultural-trade/outlook-for-u-s-agricultural-trade/
My suspicion, given China's polluted environment is that they don't have the capability to be self sustaining in food production and want to decouple themselves from the west, the only way is to 'off' some of the population down to manageable numbers. this has happened before in history, have plenty of friends and family who tell stories of this.
I realize that this is all a bit 'conspiracy' theory and does not follow MSM, please don't censor me here. If you like what I posted, let me know. :)
Miles Guo has some interesting things to say, unfortunately I'm fairly sure a large chunk of absolute nonsense is mixed in. And given how dark and impenetrable the CCP is, it's difficult to distinguish the two.
That RealSexyCyborg thread started really well, things people need to understand about Chinese consciousness, but then went completely off the rails with '5 million will die from COVID if it gets out' - this is basically rubbish, omicron is laughably weak and will kill exactly no one who isn't already quite close to death. Her complete lack of judgement about this is kinda shocking, presumably she spends far too much time on twatter.
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I like what you posted. Thanks for sharing.
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This is not even close to a meaningful reduction in population to warrant the economic hit here.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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Interesting take. I never considered depopulation as a reason but it’s a possibility
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