Asia Times: Taiwan braces for worst yet Covid-19 outbreak
Island was seen as a global role model for containing the disease but a new spike in cases is now spreading far and wide
A sudden Covid-19 resurgence in Taiwan threatens to spiral into a crisis, catching the self-ruled island off guard at a time post-pandemic optimism and complacency had taken hold.
Until now the island had been hailed as a Covid containment model after it largely eradicated the disease with nearly no community spread about one year ago.
Taiwan logged a new daily high of 333 local infections on today (May 17), a rise from Sunday’s tally of 206. The uptrend is stirring trepidation as only 29 cases were recorded on Friday.
Although the island’s total caseload still stands at a remarkably modest 2,017, there are rising fears of worse to come as new highly contagious variants including from the UK and India start to spread throughout the region.
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Having been established as the GOP’s undisputed ruler, Trump is encountering some of the headaches and tensions common to all autocrats. The first and most obvious is the lack of a clear succession principle. In 2020, the party proudly defined itself as an organization devoted to Trump, forgoing the creation of a party platform beyond ‘We ❤ Trump.’ No wonder other notables who would seem to have their own independent bases of support, like Nikki Haley and Sen. Mitch McConnell, can’t bring themselves to quit him, and dissidents like Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger face de facto excommunication. How could any of them make a claim to become the new leader of the party if the party only exists to serve the current leader? Because actively opposing Trump is impossible, Republicans with presidential ambitions have no choice but to ingratiate themselves with him in the hope of gaining an advantageous position in the squabble for his endorsement should he choose not to run.
Another issue common to both authoritarian regimes and the Trump-era Republican party is the paucity of trustworthy, honest information. Most autocrats struggle to figure out who is telling them the truth and who is a yes-man—the incentives of lower-level officials to inflate their success to their superiors are infamous. Trump embraces the problem, eschewing anyone who dares to give him bad news.
And then, of course, there’s the brain drain. One of the problems of strangling and restricting a society for political expediency is that there are always other options. The people with the most human capital—extraordinary abilities, intelligence, skills, etc.—are the most likely to defect. The Soviet Union and its allies leaked talent at an extraordinary rate. Judging by how many former Republican luminaries have publicly broken with Trump, the Republican party, or both, its brain drain could be even quicker.
The GOP’s Telltale Signs of Authoritarianism
"Having been established as the GOP’s undisputed ruler, Trump is encountering some of the headaches and tensions common to all autocrats..."
Why would someone desperately post propaganda by the discredited Lincoln Project four time in four separate blogposts. Is it a cry for help?
The Lincoln project was cofounded by a pedophile and a back stabber.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/1/lincoln-project-falling-hard-sex-scandal-times/
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/12/lincoln-project-scandal-468984
https://mustreadalaska.com/man-who-picked-palin-for-vp-connects-himself-to-caper-that-sabotaged-trump-rally/
https://thebulwark.com/the-gops-telltale-signs-of-authoritarianism/
Remember the peeps, who said :If trump gets elected he is going to start a war?". Or the peeps who said he would never leave the White House voluntarily? Same peeps are now telling us he is a dictator. Lib-Logic!
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