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As people in Hong Kong have shown, it's as easy to tear all this shit down as it is to put it up.
by devoply 7y ago
As people in Hong Kong have shown, it's as easy to tear all this shit down as it is to put it up.
- pishpash 7y agoNot really. At this point the HK government doesn't care to go after the people tearing "all this shit down", but it wouldn't be hard. Protestors have the fantasy that they are invincible, because they know nothing is actually going to happen.
- convivialdingo 7y agoAgreed - up to some breaking point at least. As long as they can reliably put hundreds of thousands of protesters in the streets, they are almost invincible. China can handle thousands. Tens of thousands becomes a real problem. More than that and it’s impossible without serious damage. HK would never be governable again after a bloody crackdown of that scale. It would either descend into hell and come out worth nothing, or it could spread into the mainland. Both are unlikely events - I think China is simply waiting it out and ramping up the pressure. Visuals of army training and troop transports are having the desired effect. I think the likely next steps would be to cut services and if that doesn’t work some rationing/price inflation of food and water. Start making the poor resent the rich, and ramp up the propaganda.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoAs Tiananmen square has shown there is a difference in rebelling at the periphery and the center.
- xster 7y agoWhat are you referring to? There was a video of people tearing down a cisco street light with weather sensors.
- lvturner 7y agoNothing they tore down even had cameras in it.
- dewey 7y agoIt gets a bit harder if these sensors / cameras are deployed on drones or higher buildings though. That doesn't seem like a very good strategy.
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