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The Truth About the Hong Kong Protests (youtu.be)

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[–] garbotalk 6 points

These poor Hong Kong protesters seek to hold on to the freedoms they have enjoyed. But China wants to end the protests by any means necessary. Christians have gathered by the thousands, supporting the protesters while singing Halleluia.

These people want what we have, freedom. They have no weapons but are met with Chinese military tossing tear gas and threatening with guns and tanks. Tiananmen Square was only 30 years ago, but looms large in the memories of these anti-communist protesters. We should support them.

[–] rdubya3387 2 points

Anyway to directly support them? I feel like their situation is no different than humans with kayeen.

[–] garbotalk 3 points

The more humans who stand up to tyranny now, the longer we will remain free of tyranny later, from the Kayeen.

[–] rdubya3387 1 points

I mean, I agree, but I feel like I'm not doing much from where I live other than wagging my finger at China. In the end, if China outlasts the protesters which is somewhat inevitable in terms of food and supplies, they will get their way. I want to do more, but I'm just not sure what.

[–] fieldlilly 2 points

The protestors are really putting China in a pickle. First of all, if they meet any of the demands of the movement, they have just weakened their grip not only on Hong Kong, but also show dissonance movements in Mainland China a blueprint for how to get their own requests met. On the other hand, if they meet the protestors with force and brutal crackdown, they tarnish the reputation they have been working so hard to build for the last 40 years as a responsible and fair world leader. That in turn gives more credence to voices saying that they are violating WTO agreements, and that stricter enforcement should be placed on them.

Beijing can learn a lot from Hong Kong on how to make a Chinese-centric society that embraces the finer parts of capitalism and measured democracy instead of seeing them as a threat. Hong Kong has too much western influence to take the same kind of authoritarian bullshit that survivors of the cultural revolution are too scared to speak out against.

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[–] fieldlilly 2 points

I made this for you.

[–] garbotalk 2 points

Awesome!

[–] garbotalk 1 points

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hong-kong-tells-us-stay-035216379.html

Pressure is mounting on Hong Kong's government.