Hong Kong has been stable, its been a good place to make money.
Life is never perfect, things could be worse, a stable place to make money over-rides democracy for democracy's sake.
Thousands of Hong Kongers swelling the streets in protest would beg to disagree with you. They endured pepper spray, teargas from the police, yet they were undeterred and even more people joined the peaceful demonstrations in a show of civil disobedience to send a pro-democracy message to Beijing.
To understand Hong Kongers anxieties about their future, let's take a quick look at the roots of the protest in Hong Kong.
In 2012, China through the HK central executive sought to implement 'Moral and National Education' in the Hong Kong education curriculum.
"The China Model," includes statements, that China's ruling party is
"progressive, selfless and united." It also criticized multi-party systems as bringing disaster to countries such as the United States. The booklet makes no mention of major events in China's history, such as the Cultural Revolution purging and the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, events integral to China's history. So it is dissemination of propaganda and a redacting of history.
"We don't want the next generation of Hong Kong people to be brainwashed," said Joshua Wong, then 15, the convener of Scholarism. Parents, teachers, students rallied against the 'Moral and National Education'.
In 2004, under the 'one country, two systems', China promised Hong Kong more autonomy, democratic freedoms and 'universal suffrage', the right to vote directly for their Chief Executive in 2017. Now in 2014 China has declared that while the people can vote, they can only vote from amongst a pool of Beijing-approved candidates. Can you call that a 'free and fair election'? Hong Kong people are protesting at the reneging of the promises by China. They only want what was promised by China to them. Hong Kongers want the freedom to nominate candidates of their choice, someone who will look after the interests of Hong Kong while still being able to work with Beijing.
Hong Kongers are alarmed at the growing political interference from Beijing in their politics, media and education. More media outlets in Hong Kong are adopting a pro-Beijing stance and less and less of independence.
You are saying 'let's not upset the apple cart' so the elite, powerful and wealthy can make money at the expense of the increasingly voiceless, powerless and helpless Hong Kong people. What happens when the apple cart has no more apples or is full of only bad apples?
You and others are telling Hong Kongers to 'suck it up' so that you can continue to make money at the expense of their civil rights. Hmmmm, sublime.
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No need to use teargas, Hong Kong people are already crying"