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Grotesque Failure: Preferring Communist China Over Democratic US

Grotesque Failure: Preferring Communist China Over Democratic US
A police officer walks past placards of detained rights activists taped on the fence of the Chinese liaison office, in protest against Beijing's detention of prominent anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong, in Hong Kong on Feb. 19, 2020.  Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
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First things first. We get through the pandemic, then we turn on one another and start assigning blame. Alternatively, since we’re already doing what we can on the former, we start drawing lessons now. And lesson one is: Would anything whatsoever make people in free countries stop trusting communism?

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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