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In reply to the discussion: TEN WEEKS OF DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS FOR HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE [View all]

ancianita

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5. Siding against Hong Kong is siding with autocracy. Why not just wish them well in their democratic
Reply to still_one (Reply #2)
Tue Aug 13, 2019, 04:07 PM
Aug 2019

aim to remain sovereign.

I don't accept any political inevitability of autocratic power or the attitude of determinism.

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TEN WEEKS OF DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS FOR HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE [View all] ancianita Aug 2019 OP
Ain't gonna happen,I'm afraid. virgogal Aug 2019 #1
Hong Kong has a history, culture, and world economic networks. ancianita Aug 2019 #4
Not going to happen. Hong Kong is China, and even under the colonial powers they were never truly still_one Aug 2019 #2
Siding against Hong Kong is siding with autocracy. Why not just wish them well in their democratic ancianita Aug 2019 #5
You believe they were sovereign under British rule? still_one Aug 2019 #7
Everyone knows they were a colony. But whose colony impacts how you look at governing. ancianita Aug 2019 #8
This is what happens when a dictator has a lifetime appointment democratisphere Aug 2019 #3
Govts captured by money let the armed henchmen do their bidding. Against 8 MILLION people. ancianita Aug 2019 #6
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