Weird proxy to illustrate the problem with lockdowns. On the one hand it's a huge city, so there's lots of people who could be buying cars, but on the other hand... it's a huge city, so you probably don't need a car?
Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month
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There doesn't seem to be much public transportation happening in Shanghai either...
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People still use cars. In many of these foreign countries people often just buy them as a status symbol. That none were sold is an indication of a serious economic problem.
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No one is moving in Shanghai. They have locked people into their homes. It is not good at all. Not even a little bit.
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#16Is it known what variant(s) led to this outbreak and lockdown?
They're Omicron subvariants, but I don't think that alone explains the phenomena.
I think this is the result of bad policies and probably low vaccination rates/efficacy.
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Celebrating it being the result of a major rights violation where people haven't left their homes in a month, have inconsistent access to food and some are even going hungry isn't really a good look for the green cause, it's tone deaf and makes it sound rooted in misanthropy.
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#19> Almost all dealerships in the city were closed during the month
Which is why no-one bought any cars wtf is this article ...
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I mean no new cars on the road, discutable, but the situation is far from "good"; people are locked into their house.
I mean the pragmatist in me says this is what they should have done everywhere and the corona would not have been an issue, but it's draconian and infringes on base liberties. Removing someone's freedom of movement is one of the primary legal punishments handed out, and people's freedoms of movement are being restricted without them having done anything wrong.