New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman On China: At Least They Don’t Have Republicans, QAnon

dailywire.com ^ | February 9, 2021

[lowbridge]

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman told CNN during an interview on Monday night that while communist China does some bad things, such as locking up religious minorities in concentration camps, at least they don’t have to put up with the Republican Party and fringe conspiracy theories.

Friedman made the remarks during an interview on “Cuomo Prime Time” with host Chris Cuomo in a segment that was primarily focused on the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.

“But you know what I’ve been thinking about Chris, as I was listening to your show, the lead in here?” Friedman said. “I was thinking like, what are they doing in China today? You know, Chris, do you know that it takes four hours and 18 minutes to take the bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai, and it takes 21 hours to take the train from New York to Chicago. And they’re both about the same distance.”

“I’ll tell you something they weren’t thinking about in China this week,” he continued. “They weren’t thinking about some knucklehead. They weren’t spending the week thinking about a knucklehead who claimed 911 didn’t happen. They weren’t thinking about some guy who’s a QAnon shaman? I don’t know, they were probably thinking about some bad stuff with the Uyghurs and all of that, oh for sure, but I guarantee you, they weren’t wasting their time on this nonsense.”

[hoagy62]

Nor do they have freedom or a chance at a decent future.

[Cecily]

I see this idiot is still shilling for the monsters of the world.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I always knew Friedman was a communist. He hates Republicans and Americans.

[KC_Lion]

Nor do they have freedom or a chance at a decent future.

He is not concerned with either of those things.

[Liz]

In China it takes four hours and 18 minutes to take the bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai;
it takes 21 hours to take the train from NY to Chicago. And they’re both about the same distance.”

Yeah, but how long would it take if China didnt steal US technology to build the bullet train?

[JonPreston]

The ‘Tips have become a meme.

[ClearCase_guy]

You know, Chris, do you know that it takes four hours and 18 minutes to take the bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai, and it takes 21 hours to take the train from New York to Chicago. And they’re both about the same distance.

Mussolini made the trains run on time, so it's all good.

[EEGator]

What are four shitholes I never want to go to?
(Sad as it is, I’d probably prefer the Chicom cities to ours)

[Cecily]

Hitler and the Nazis were good with railroad and other economic efficiencies too. Tom probably would have admired them greatly if he was writing for the NYT back in the 1930s.

[Texas Eagle]

True. Know what else they don't have, Tom? Freedom of The Press. That means if you write something about a government entity that does not please the government, you are disappeared.

How would you like that here in The US?

Wait. What am I saying? We do have that here in The US.

[1Old Pro]

You know, Chris, do you know that it takes four hours and 18 minutes to take the bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai, and it takes 21 hours to take the train from New York to Chicago. And they’re both about the same distance.”

No property rights in China, no pollution restrictions

[californian by choice]

the more time passes the more sanity is lost

[MCF]

He has been a big booster for the CCP for years. This is nothing new for him.

[bigbob]

Tom’s Head Is Flat

[UnwashedPeasant]

The Chi-Coms do not allow dissent.

They are Fascist, and Fascism works great for government and corporate elites.

It is the ideal government model for the American Left.

[Sirius Lee]

Chris, do you know that it takes four hours and 18 minutes to take the bullet train from Beijing to Shanghai...

Words fail me. He's actually using the Mussolini apologetic: "Sure, it's fascism, but at least he makes the trains run on time."

[Cboldt]

China has freedom of the press. It's in their constitution.

Article 35. Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.

[Dogbert41]

I’m sure CHI-NAH has fair elections too!

[littleharbour]

China’s laws are full of egalitarian sounding principles, none of which are applied in practice. I have a copy of China’s Trade Union Act, that reads like a workers’ paradise. Try to organize a union in a Chinese factory and see where you end up.