• RubicTopaz@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m guessing pro “democracy” just means pro-liberalism and pro-US in this case?

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      13 hours ago

      yeah thats these people’s code for capitalism, yes.

      under the assumption that its the only democratic way, which is almost the exact opposite of the truth.

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      It means pro-Western empire. Hong Kong was occupied by Britain and only developed a “pro-democracy/anti-China” movement when the British decided to develop it as a leave-behind spoiler when they realized they had no legal basis to extend their lease of the island past 1999

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      I would suppose it’s pro independence / sovereignty, but that’s generally a no-no topic