The problem I see is that it's frighteningly easy to lure otherwise normal people toward totalitarianism. How come there are HKers that are pro-Beijing at all?

The problem I see is that it's frighteningly easy to lure otherwise normal people toward totalitarianism. How come there are HKers that are pro-Beijing at all? I mean sure, they might on the short term gain more, but this kind of thinking poisons every political system. And I'm not saying I know a better one, but seeing these events unfold is very disheartening.