LOL. Peaceful. The protestors were throwing Molotovs at the police for weeks and the police showed more restraint that anything in the US, UK, or Canada.
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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Let this be a lesson on the viability of “peaceful protest” against an authoritarian dictatorship.
freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 weeks ago
misk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Uh, HL protests weren’t that peaceful.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Tactics_and_methods_surroundin…
The true lesson is that a protests won’t amount to much if you expect elites to step down on their own.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
They were also a CIA operation through support of media mogul (Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily) there. When democracy is simply a tool that allows CIA fascist totalitarianism, and foment social/economic terrorism and divisiveness, democracy is broken, and nations can choose far less corrupt governance until US empire collapses.
misk@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
I no longer believe you can make crowds move just with propaganda without serious underlying issues affecting societies as a whole. CIA probably helped it, China probably did something similar. Both are pretty crappy in terms of civil liberties so I don’t have favourites.
freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 weeks ago
The true lesson is that protesting against the anti-imperialists to maintain an ideology imposed on you by your imperialist occupier is most effectively disarmed through dialogue, demonstrating patience and tolerance, and ultimately showing the people that national security against the imperialists is important enough to make changes to the law.