Generational Dynamics World View

[John J. Xenakis]

** 22-Nov-2019 World View: Hong Kong

(11-22-2019, 01:56 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > And the book doesn't say anything like what you're saying now.
> Apparently you've forgotten everything you learned from
> researching the book.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Quote:> Third, the pro-democracy protesters are
> generally supported by
> 70-80% of the population

(11-22-2019, 01:56 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > Not correct. The original protests against the extradition bill
> were supported by 70-80% of the population, which is why the bill
> was withdrawn. The current violent protests are likely supported
> by 20-30% of the population at best. Bashing peoples' skulls in
> with bricks and pouring gasoline on people and setting them on
> fire, as the protesters are now doing, will make you less popular
> like that.

> The current protesters aren't protesting mainland Chinese rule,
> anyway. They're protesting Hong Kong government rule. They're
> protesting against how Hong Kong business interests have what they
> view as an outsize influence on the Hong Kong government, and
> basically want a one person one vote government instead. These
> are the same protests that used to crop up from time to time
> against the Hong Kong government when it was a British Crown
> Colony, for essentially the same reasons. The issues are the same
> whether the colonial power is British or Chinese.

All I can tell you is that I hear this all the time on the BBC,
Bloomberg, Fox News and al-Jazeera. The majority of Hong Kongers are
opposed to the violence, but they support the goals of the
pro-democracy protesters.

I'm not sure how you're distinguishing between "mainland Chinese rule"
and the Hong Kong government. By this time, most people agree that
Carrie Lam is simply a puppet of the CCP, so there's not significant
distinction.