When the COVID-19 outbreak hit Wuhan, some doctors suggested locking the city down. Netizens all cursed him, and his suggestions and posts were deleted and throttled. One doctor was even reprimanded by the police.

After a while, the city was locked down, and these people started to support the lockdown again. Anyone who didn’t support it was said to be funded by foreign forces. When people in Shanghai complained about the lockdown online, it was treated like something as rare as a dog.
After the lockdown went on for long enough, some people said it could be appropriately opened up. Then they came back to scold again, saying that those who supported reopening didn’t care about the lives of the elderly and children—those people were “as rare as a dog.”
A few days later, it really was opened up, and it was suddenly opened. This group of people then again claimed to support reopening and economic recovery, saying it was a great plan by the government.
The same thing happened with Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Before the plane landed, anyone who didn’t support shooting it down was called a 500k (50w). After the plane landed, anyone who supported shooting it down was also called a 500k. After Pelosi returned to the U.S., anyone who dared to bring it up again would be called a 500k.
When China and Japan’s relations were bad, they kept promoting that Japan was dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean and drinking it. I’m studying physics, so I’m very clear that the issues with Japan’s nuclear power plants are completely fine to handle. The amount of pollution it releases is far less than what the U.S. and the Soviet Union created during the Cold War, but when the country was telling the story that Japan had poisoned/killed the ocean, some people who don’t understand things ended up acting like lost sheep.
It was almost as if the ocean would really turn into a living hell in just a few days. After another two or three years, when relations between China and Japan eased, domestic nuclear research centers said Japan’s actions were fine, and they started importing Japanese seafood.
In my view, this mindset is fundamentally flattery toward power and obsession with grand narratives, which is generally common among student groups—especially college students.
The solution is very simple: after you graduate and work for a few years, it’ll all be sorted out—everything will be good again.