• underwire212@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    That’s not entirely true. Protests like these, at the very least, demonstrate class awareness to towards those in power. “Look what we can do”

    Never forget that true power lies with the people. Always.

    • yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      That really only works when the majority don’t have power. The Hong Kong protests failed because it was a minority trying to take power they never had, against the wishes of the majority.

      Also international news agencies spilling the beans on the fact the leaders of the group were in constant communication with us agencies.

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            3 hours ago

            That’s not an honest comparison.

            You have chosen the police-reported number of protesters (338 K) instead of 2 M reported by other sources.

            You have also made a false comparison between Hong Kong (~10 M people) and the entire population of China. I recommend to use percentages. Up to 20% of the local population showed up to protest. More were dissatisfied.

            What number of Chinese would show up to protest if a hot topic would appear and the regime would seem weak for a moment, is unknown.

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        10 hours ago

        It’s the working class, the majority, who don’t have power…

        It’s the everyone with less than a gigabuck.