Ok, I'll give you credit for this correction. My bad.
Hong Kong has 7M people, not 700M.
peter236 發表於 2011-7-8 18:58
As to your other BS, I suppose we saw the biggest 7.1 protest precisely because HK is getting better and better? I suppose your definition of "better and better" is reflected in all of HK's major officials' continually sagging approval rating, with Bowtie Tsang having his personal best and lowest approval rating ever?
It'd take too long for a full and detailed discussion on this topic, so I'll just make a couple of ...
Lik 發表於 2011-7-8 15:22
Hong Kong is getting better and better, not worse.
With China as the hinterland, Hong Kong's status as a world financial center is getting stronger and stronger. Hong Kong has big financial surpluses, while most other western countries are near bankrupt.
The mad dog Wong protest culture is crap as its violates other people's rights, and is despised by most Hong Kong people.
What would you suggest? Keep on protesting and criticizing the government? Clearly its a failed process. Revolution will start sooner or later. Just waiting for who is courageous enough to be the vanguard. My bet is Long Hair or Yuk-Man, even them I think would be 5-10 years away.
Ovaltine 發表於 2011-7-8 09:22
It'd take too long for a full and detailed discussion on this topic, so I'll just make a couple of quick points:
1) There is simple no market for 港獨 in HK. People may hate Grandfather for one reason or another, but HK is not like Tibet or Xinjiang. For all practical purposes, that kind of sentiments just do not exist.
2) No matter how you cut it, HK's fate is intimately tied to that of China's. Until various aspects of China catches up to HK's standard, things in HK will just continue to get worse. It's simply a matter of HK and China coming to meet at some sort of equilibrium point. You'd hope that HK can keep its ground and not deteriorate too much, but the fact of the matter is, it's 700M people mixing with 1.3B people. The 700M can hope they'll inspire the 1.3B to catch up, but that 700M can't make the 1.3B catch up.
The protest culture in Hong Kong, and specifically the numerous civil disobedience practices started by Yuk Man, are taking root. I see that as a good sign because it is a civilized method that is effective in further highlighting how absurd and ridiculous the authorities are. As an increasingly larger portion of the general public becomes aware of this, authorities will have to change or the people will make them change.
The main point is: too many people, too scare resources... What political system will work best in this situation? Neither capitalism, socialism, nor communism give you simple answers...
I can only say, the best system will secure the living dignity of being a civilized human.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ”
—Opening paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Trend leads the world... Independance only work at time of chaos... It's not the ti ...
lo_pak 發表於 2011-7-8 10:00
Trend that leads the world: Globalization, Corporate Greed, Addicted Consumers in Material Fetishes, Wage Slavery in Industrial Civilization. Obviously its not the time, because institutions are eating up individuals through culture. Do you guys feel the whole world is psychotic? The kind of system we live in, is messed, money is power. What we need is an egalitarian society, not a capitalistic male-dominant egotistical society. Isn't it illogical? But many choose to accept our fate. Things will slow down though, and before we know it, we fall in to another Dark Ages. Glorious days have passed, the next generation will deal with the burden from retirement of Baby Boomers, Overpopulation, Gobal Climate change, Oil and food shortage, etc. etc. Keep in mind that the Western culture had the New World to turn to spark a Renaissance, what else will they turn to now? Antarctica? Arctic? Libya??
Trend leads the world... Independance only work at time of chaos... It's not the time yet obviously... It's the best of time, and it's the worst of time...
What would you suggest? Keep on protesting and criticizing the government? Clearly its a failed process. Revolution will start sooner or later. Just waiting for who is courageous enough to be the vanguard. My bet is Long Hair or Yuk-Man, even them I think would be 5-10 years away.
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