3 ms·
> So, what is the point of fighting the good fight at this point? Why not face the inevitable and leave while you can? Or fight for a final independence now, wh
by CharlesColeman 7y ago
> So, what is the point of fighting the good fight at this point? Why not face the inevitable and leave while you can? Or fight for a final independence now, while you can?
Because there's still 28 years to go, and a lot can happen in 28 years.
- IanDrake 7y agoThanks for hitting the heart of the matter. A lot can happen in that time. Given the direction of things, do you think it will be better? I guess I don't. When HK is supposed to hand itself over to China's rule in 2047, do you think there will be ANY international support for their independence? I don't. That would be directly against the deal that was struck. Wouldn't it be better to use China's interference as a pretext for independence, claiming it was China who has broken the bargain? American independence wasn't about a tea tax or a few soldiers defending themselves in Boston. It was about inevitability and using those events to propel it.
- CharlesColeman 7y ago> When HK is supposed to hand itself over to China's rule in 2047 In 1982, pretty much everyone assumed the Soviet Union was still going to be around in 1992, but it wasn't. Who knows what China will look like in 2047. A lot can happen in 28 years.