| the-pi-guy said: There are so many things wrong with this comparison, that I'm more disappointed with it than disagree with it. They're happening for different reasons. EU and CCP are so far from eachother on the scale of problematic, that they are not even on the same map. Hong Kong is fighting to maintain it's way of life, Brexit does the opposite. I'm not against Brexit in the same way that I support Hong Kong. I don't think Brexit is in the best interest of the UK. It's not the end of the world though if it happens. Similarly I don't think Hong Kong giving up is in their best interest. But it's a lot more than that. I think they're in danger if they give up. Trying to pin these two events as if they are both simple independence movements, with no considerations of what either situation even entails, does a disservice to both. And frankly it does a disservice to yourself. |
I don't care. Neoliberal imperialism is still imperialism at the end of the day and I'm going to call people out for their exceptionalism ...
People backing the EU for defending their solidarity but chiding the CPC for protecting their own unity is hypocritical regardless of the reasons ...
What is 'authoritarian' is simply a matter of perspective and consensus between parties. Quite a few British people see the EU's authority as being overbearing thus they even went as far as democratically voting themselves out of a union. Hong Kong protesters for similar reasons find Chinese authority to be relentless and thus want a way out ...
Yet somehow these very same people who oppose brexit and argued in favour of unity also support Hong Kong independence. Now why on earth could this be ? Could it be because these very same people are ideologically opposed to the people behind brexit ?
If so then their position is indefensible from my point of view since they are acting out of pettiness to willingly violate the sovereignty of other entities that do not align with their ideology ...
Pick one of the above, nobody can have both ...
