and then to make the humiliation complete, police collected household pets, tore them from their owners hands, and beat them to death in the streets, claiming that dogs and cats somehow spread disease. anyone who complained about this at a very clear answer from the government, which was broadcast at full volume from drones circling overhead. they said control your soul s desire for freedom, so people did. they had no choice. that is what life is like in an authoritarian society. and not just in china. also in new zealand. less than a year ago, the left-wing new zealand government shutdown the entire country over a single covid case. don t talk to your neighbors, commended the prime minister, keep to your bubbles. in neighboring australia they did pretty much the same thing. police in australia beat a man for daring to have a cigarette outside his own apartment. that may all seem horrifying toc health authorities here loved it. they looked on in envy. unfortunately for tony
and they put these posters up and the hand people foil and the hand people straws and they had people pipes and say we are meeting them where they are at, but they are leaving there. it s not compassionate to leave someone on the streets. tucker: if you gave this advice to your own children, and helped them use narcotics, you would have them taken away by family services, correct? absolutely. that s what happened to me. tucker: right. i was in the middle of a meth a meth-induced psychosis on the streets, and the police picked me up. i lost my kids. i lost everything. they took me to a mental facility, and they said you can go in here or you can go to jail, and we aren t doing that anymore. we need to do more. tucker: i think you are exactly if you want to say people s lives. and actually empower them and return them their dignity. gina mcdonald, i appreciate your perspective and bravery. thank you. thank you so much, tucker.