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Shouldn't people of Hong Kong decide that? https://theworld.org/stories/2016/08/30/there-s-movement-turn-hong-kong-back-british-colony https://theworld.org/sto

• dangus 2y ago
  Should the people of North Dakota be able to take a vote and decide to become a Chinese province? I mean, I completely empathize with their situation, but the fact of the matter is that the UK has even less of a claim to governance over the territory than China does. It’s physically connected to mainland China with no other countries or territories around.
  • cscurmudgeon 2y ago
    > Should the people of North Dakota be able to take a vote and decide to become a Chinese province? They have the moral right to do so. But the ground reality is that many Chinese are becoming North Dakotans (Americans). https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=af39d656-e887-4f0a-80a0-697a5a7d1178 https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?g... And many Hong Kongers are becoming British: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/07/hong-kong-britain-china-empire/670961/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/07/ho...
    • dangus 2y ago
      Whether you have the moral right to do so is rather debatable. Morals are up to the individual. I would say that it would be a major national security issue and detriment to everyone else in the country if a state was allowed to secede to another country, especially a foreign adversary. In the United States nobody has the legal right to secede, even if a statehouse passes a law or holds a ballot vote on a constitutional amendment. As far as emigrating and gaining legal status elsewhere that’s up to the individual.