2020年10月22日
褚簡寧 Michael Chugani
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Dictators are immune to criticism: Carrie Lam says she is immune
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Everyone in the world is awaiting a vaccine for immunity from the coronavirus. But our chief executive is already immune to something else. She told pro-Beijing newspapers she is immune to criticism.
There is no vaccine for criticism immunity. How did Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor become immune? I pray she won't share her secret. It would make us all unfeeling zombies. Normal people cannot be immune from criticism. They have hearts and minds. Warm blood runs through them. Humans have a built-in DNA that evokes emotions, including reacting to criticism.
But not everyone is normal. Dictators are not. Neither are authoritarian rulers. Leaders who commit genocide are not normal. President Xi Jinping is most likely immune to criticism because he is a strongman ruler of a communist state where no one dares to criticize him. ...
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