She is not alone, most of the HK rioters are this way.
Hong-Kong Protests
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The account holder is likely either a dude sitting at a desk in Virgina or that troll Drew Pav^&* in Austrailia
You cannot expect an ignorant well-frog to have meaningful insights.
British colonialism without violence? How dumb is this statement?
My friend was doing wildfire evacuations on the West Coast just a few years ago. He would encounter native people who would say things like "How can I trust you? What does the government really want with my home and my land?"
These are the visible scars of a violent regime.
Agreed, but I do think you chose a terrible example. Native Americans had their land literally stolen the way you just described. Anglo-American colonialists would make up some excuse for unsuspecting Native Americans to "temporarily" evacuate their homes for whatever made up reason. They would then never return while being relocated to some other location, typically an Indian Reserve, where their descendants live to this day. Indian Reserves are modern day concentration camps given a nicer sounding name to gloss over the fact that Native Americans were herded into these Indian Reservation / Concentration Camps, through their own version of unequal treaties.
When it comes to Hong Kong, they were also colonized, but unlike Native Americans, instead of Hong Kongers not trusting the colonists, they do not trust their liberators instead. This is where I blame China's central government hands off approach when it comes to Hong Kong. To this day, HK still has entrenched government officials who are actively undermining China. For example the British expatriate judges appointed for life in the Hong Kong judiciary. The English language prep schools with predominantly foreign teachers, which interestingly continues to be the primary source of future HK government officials and workers. It's even more interesting that these English education institutions churn out a disproportionate number of the most virulent anti-China, anti-Chinese, "we are not Chinese" type white-wannabes.
Actually, most Native North Americans (that is both USA and Canada) were displaced by war. Very few were relocated peacefully. They would have been lucky to be relocated the way you described.
My point is how can anyone be so ignorant as to believe that colonialism did not require violence? Is this person is so stupid that they don't even realize that the colonial history of HK was the outcome of a WAR?
You are putting too much weight into these kinds of HKers. The reality is that, they are a minority, a sizable minority, but still the minority.
Since we are mostly English speaking here, we are probably primarily consuming English media. If we are speaking the language of the colonizers, is it any surprise that collaborators seem like they have the loudest voice?
What you are describing is actually the insidious after effects of colonization. You are describing the system of how the English maintained power over the people. 80%+ of the population does not speak English as their primary language, yet all the laws are written primarily in English. Thus all administrative officials must learn English fluently, so they are likely going to be educated in those kinds of schools.
China has controlled HK for roughly 20 years, Britain had over 99 years to do this damage. Things will take time.
This is the kind stupid propaganda aus media pumps out on regular basis. There is no independent critical thinking and analysis. Just parroting US propaganda.
I will save you all the time to read it. Basically this hack piece is about attacking ex rugby player who has the audacity to be hired to promote hk in a tourism campaign, as endorsing human rights violations. You really gotta laugh when you scroll down and see the ad that says, "get a well balanced perspective with the herald"
LMAO look at this crap
I don't know where she gets all this nonsense. Is there some sort of "posts to degrade china" chat group that she's in?