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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I imagine the people in Tienanmen Square did not actually realize the level of reprisals they would face. Or if they did they thought the rest of the country would rise up with them in horror and start a chain reaction. That did not happen. So what are the Hong Kongers banking on? I mean if this is all "**** you kill us we don't care we're sick of you" then hell ****ing yeah but I don't think most people are as nihilistic as that.
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I don't think they're banking on anything, other than maybe trying to invoke the US/ international community to intervene. Which isn't going to happen. They're doing the only thing they can that has the slightest chance of working visa resistance.
It's like asking what are the people in Palestine banking on by attacking Israel. They have to know they're out matched. But what else is there to do?
Extreme scenarios like this will bring out an extreme amount of resilience in human beings that you and I can't even begin to comprehend.