• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    It was never “an entire people.” The rioters were a minority of the population, with many people (and many more now) accepting inclusion into China and no longer being a colony. Those that did riot were not “brainwashed,” as brainwashing doesn’t exist, but instead were largely under the belief that they benefited from the colonial system (or in many cases truly did). The west colluded with elites in Hong Kong to orchestrate these riots and create a picture of a city fighting to remain under British colonial rule, but in actuality the protests died down and now people generally are happier being folded into China.

    Here’s a good list of sources on the Hong Kong protests and the far-right western influence on them.

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      10 hours ago

      So 1.7 million people protesting against the Chinese government are a minority of the population? Your delusion is reaching unseen boundaries, please tell me more about how peaceful and respectful of minorities is the Chinese government

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        10 hours ago

        Hong Kong has a population of 7.5 million. 1.7 million is definitionally a minority among the 7.5 million, and again, the majority of people are happy to no longer be colonized by England. I know hating democracy and loving colonization is your thing, though, so your logic checks out for why you’d be so confused.