If you have long been looking for an answer to the question of what surrealism is, look at China. Local authorities hounded the people with anti-COVID restrictions, but did not touch the brothels. Nearly. Before sex, prostitutes were required to show customers QR codes.
Now the Celestial Empire is literally divided into two camps: some are for the lockdown, others are against it. The arguments of the former are typical: if we don’t stay at home, then we will all die. The latter have a slightly different rhetoric – they say they are tired of the cruel attitude of law enforcement officers and crazy prohibitions. Like, why do moths have more freedom?
Therefore, many could not stand it and took to the streets of Guangzhou and staged a pogrom. Skirmishes with doctors, overturned cars – only a small part of what was there.
Mash (@breakingmash)