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NOAH: “The story gave me perspective, because Americans complain so much when a restaurant asks them to wear a mask, but then China will shut down your entire block because somebody bought Advil. And I’ll tell you now, nobody in Beijing is sitting inside their house like “Damn, this is just like communist New York!” Because this is what real authoritarian control looks like, the government tracking your Ibuprofen purchases. That’s not for the government to know. That’s between you and your pharmacy, and your credit card company, and the Google ads , after you type in, “Head hurt, why.””