Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent | CNN
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Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.

Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.

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  • selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
    121·
    9 months ago

    Democracy is dying everywhere right now. The uprising is going to be bloody and horrible when it eventually happens.

    Maybe I’ll still be alive to see it. Or maybe aliens will blow us the hell up and solve all our problems.

    • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
      61·
      9 months ago

      I’m skeptical there is going to be any kind of uprising. The media algorithms are getting too good. The surveillance is getting too pervasive. The population is getting less educated.

  • Shezzagrad@lemmy.mlEnglish
    212·
    9 months ago

    You mean Chinese territory is being reintegrated after being used as a colonial drug port to drug the Chinese while stealing their wealth. Boo fucking hoo, the media is such a evil tool of propogabda making a big deal outta this and not their home grown government funded genocides and ethnic cleansing other than a “whooosie, Iraq had no wmds or that Gazan hospital indeed isn’t a hamas base”

  • Subdivide6857@midwest.socialEnglish
    1944·
    9 months ago

    Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy Capitalism political party is moving to disband

    Sounds like a reason to celebrate.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      194·
      9 months ago

      Of course! Dictatorship won’t through terror and torture, that always is a cause to celebrate because the group that lost might be your personal pet peeve.

      You’re an idiot, tankie

        • CMonster@discuss.onlineEnglish
          102·
          9 months ago

          If you had more than a single iota of geopolitical knowledge you would understand how fucking dumb that statement is.

        • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
          62·
          9 months ago

          Huh. What? I am definitely not coming to the defense of capitalism. Just trying to help you understand that it’s noy a relevant factor here.

          Your original comment is confused at best. China is communist in many ways but absolutely has a thriving capitalist based economy. The idea that the CCP would be threatened by a “capitalist party” is incoherent and silly.

          You’re making some super huge leaps and I’m not sure why.

          • Subdivide6857@midwest.socialEnglish
            39·
            9 months ago

            I never said they were threatened. If anyone is making huge leaps, it would be you. You’re making big assumptions based on two sentences. An American media company publishes an article about a dying liberal party in China as if that’s a bad thing. It’s only capitalistic when it’s convenient for you libturds. Otherwise, it’s a “scary state run Chinese company.” I never said capitalism doesn’t exist in the country. You have a funny way of “helping.”

            • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
              71·
              9 months ago

              thing. It’s only capitalistic when it’s convenient for you libturds. Otherwise, it’s a “scary state run Chinese company"

              🙄

              Okay. Sounds good. You’re on a war path against the stereotyped strawman you’ve set up, so I don’t really need to be involved anymore. Carry on. Idc.