In another of its virtually daily denunciations of China's #ZeroCovid policy, the NYTimes makes the following extraordinary statement: "China’s strategy would obviously not be possible in a country that emphasizes individual rights as much as the U.S. does." 1/
The conclusion that flows inexorably from this declaration is that "individual rights," as understood by the US ruling class, is opposed to - and certainly held to be more important than - the protection and saving of lives. 2/
But what about the "individual rights" of the one million Americans who have died because of the government's refusal to implement effective public health measures? The only "right" left to a dead person is the right to be buried. 3/
In essence, when the NY Times speaks of "individual rights," it is concerned only with the "right" of capitalists to exploit labor, reap profits, and accumulate massive personal wealth. 4/
Where that conception of "individual rights" predominates over the right to live, the policy of ZeroCovid - i.e., the prevention of viral transmission and the elimination and eradication of #COVID19 - is "obviously," as the NY Times bluntly admits - not possible. 5/
This is a devastating exposure - by the authoritative voice of finance capital - of the present-day priorities of American society. Unwittingly, the NY Times makes a powerful argument for socialist revolution. 6/6
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