Hong Kong protest against extradition law and the nature of death

[nang2]

Don't be alarmed by the word "death". No, I am not talking about the possibility of someone dying during the protest. I am just going to compare the reaction among people in Hong Kong during the latest protest and the one in 2014 with how human beings react to the inevitability of death.

Vast majority of people know they are going to die eventually, save those insane fellows. But also vast majority of people live as if it is never going to happen, especially when they are young. As they grow older, they get more and more glimpse of death, mostly from other people. When people get seriously ill, it would be the first time the death reveals its full potentiality and people start to kick and scream and complain why life is so unfair. The same thing just happened to the people in Hong Kong.

For anyone who is reasonably familiar with the process of Hong Kong sovereignty transfer back to China, he will understand that the promise of maintaining the existing social fabrics will expire in 50 years. He also likely knows that the social structures of Hong Kong and mainland China are incompatible with each other. Just like death, the conflict between the two is bound to happen. But unlike death, such a conflict can be worked on. With heroic effort, it could even be avoided.

But the people in Hong Kong react to this near inevitability like they react to the inevitability of death. They live as if it is never going to happen. Do you see them to urge their representatives to work with Beijing to find common ground or innovative rearrangement? No! All you have seen is how they lambast at Beijing with full steam of moral superiority, like those who laugh at death without knowing that death will surely visit them. But what is inevitable is bound to happen. Like death, it comes with its own pace and often eases its way into the finale with series of illnesses.

The recent conflict, which sparks the protest, is like such an illnesses. A serious one. How did the people in Hong Kong react? They react like everyone else who just sees the inevitable. They kick and scream and complain life is so unfair.

 

[313ghazi]

China shouldn't tolerate it. 2 systems, 1 people - the last hangover of the century of shame.

 

[grandmaster]

This is the result of not teaching Chinese history in hongkong. Too much Western propaganda and brainwash to hongkong youngsters. Hongkong should adopt Chinese firewall as well.

 

[nang2]

This is the result of not teaching Chinese history in hongkong. Too much Western propaganda and brainwash to hongkong youngsters. Hongkong should adopt Chinese firewall as well.

Yeah, that, too. It seems that both sides have been slack off. In fact, Chinese had been slack off even before the sovereignty transfer. China didn't realize the necessity and urgency of that matter until British came along and asked to renew the lease of the "New Territory" part of Hong Kong, which was going to expire. It is very rare for people to keep in their mind about what is inevitable and constantly work on it.

 

[grandmaster]

Yeah, that, too. It seems that both sides have been slack off. In fact, Chinese had been slack off even before the sovereignty transfer. China didn't realize the necessity and urgency of that matter until British came along and asked to renew the lease of the "New Territory" part of Hong Kong, which was going to expire. It is very rare for people to keep in their mind about what is inevitable and constantly work on it.

Everything starts from education. Hongkong is part of China. China have right to enforce Chinese education. It is kind of late now. But still can stop Western propaganda media in hongkong which have education nature in it, Western propaganda want to educate people against their opponents.

 

[nang2]

Everything starts from education. Hongkong is part of China. China have right to enforce Chinese education. It is kind of late now. But still can stop Western propaganda media in hongkong which have education nature in it, Western propaganda want to educate people against their opponents

It also backfires on the west, too. Look how much demagoguery their countries have now and how polarized their politics are. US was a proud republic with unprecedented liberty. Now, its people are crawling under the weight of political correctness.

 

[grandmaster]

It also backfires on the west, too. Look how much demagoguery their countries have now and how polarized their politics are. US was a proud republic with unprecedented liberty. Now, its people are crawling under the weight of political correctness.

At this moment, China can learn from the US how to legalize every argument by citing national security emergency on everything, China can take control of hongkong media regulations and internet great firewall and force Hongkong to have proper history education.