Chinese Plans to Destroy Democracy in Hong Kong

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I’m sure the second coming of Christ had something to do with it (Christian zionism).

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Perhaps the word "liberalism" should have been substituted for "democracy" in the title? Some champions of the old (British-ruled) Hong Kong have celebrated it as a "liberal autocracy", i.e., a state where a non-democratic administration protected basic human rights. Some have argued that "liberal autocracy" is to be preferred to "illiberal democracy".

Fareed Zakaria: "Until 1991, [Hong Kong] had never held a meaningful election, but its government epitomized constitutional liberalism, protecting its citizens' basic rights and administering a fair court system and bureaucracy. A September 8, 1997 editorial in the Washington Post was titled ominously, 'Undoing Hong Kong's Democracy'. Actually, Hong Kong has precious little democracy to undo; what it has is a framework of rights and laws."

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It's a fock of a lot better than Chinese Communist Racist Slavery rule over Hong Kong

@Duchess64 - The real issue is that the USA fears China becoming stronger and will do about anything to stop it.

You may be right about American motive. But, all that means is that the US is right for the wrong reason.

They are still right.

@Duchess64 - When Mao Zedong died (1976), how many Westerners could have predicted that
'Red China' would unleash (largely unregulated) capitalism? None.

Certainly not me. Strange world.

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I wonder why you impute to me views that I explicitly attributed to "some champions of the old (British-ruled) Hong Kong" and to a specific, named writer?

@shavixmir said
I’m sure the second coming of Christ had something to do with it (Christian zionism).

I think it has more to do with the funding of specifically zionist Protestant preachers like Scofield.

Not even all Protestants buy into this -- it's really just problematic among evangelical Christians who have been groomed and are now actively maintained by Zionist interests & self-policing.

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I have a question:

Can all Jewish settlers be racist, or can only Ashkenazi Jewish settlers be racist?

Honestly, this would be a very pressing question if you bought into these racialized politics, IMO.

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Earlier today, you talked about how some groups can be racist, while others have racial prejudice.

Note that Duchess64 is willing to use the adjective 'racist' both broadly (to refer to any racial prejudice against an out-group) and also more narrowly, in which case racism can only refer to an empowered group displaying racial prejudice. Also, note that Duchess64 thinks that racial identities sometimes are just a technical quibble when this can be a major barrier for Jews of non-Ashkenazi descent.