Covid-19: The Racists Were Right
An ironic side effect of the Coronavirus (Covid-19 hereafter) outbreak is its exposure of so-called Liberal Democracy's utter impotence in the face of crises. The regnant worldview of the West is incapable of rising to serious challenges of a national character, in a way that less liberal societies simply are not. China, for instance, whilst being an obviously unpleasant place to reside under normal conditions, has nevertheless stemmed the spread of Covid-19 through measures that make many in the West recoil – but the challenge has been accepted, and met, on a national scale with a national response. Finally, China is showing signs of being able to beat their epidemic. Similarly, countries such as Russia, Mongolia and others, though not authoritarian, have used their capacity to regulate border flow very effectively so that their populations are exposed to a significantly lesser risk of infection than those of other countries. For perspective, note that Russia has 8 cases nationw