Sorry for not entirely related to the main thread, but since it seems there are many people in this thread knowledgable on what's going on in Hong Kong, I'd like to ask 2 questions.
I'm not siding with CCP, but my issue is I'm not sure I can side with the protestors either. Because
1. Does the protestors representing the majority of citizens? If yes at this stage why the working class in Hong Kong hasn't started long term strike yet? I would imagine that the most effective non violence method of protesting by citizens would be stop working. That would for one stop the tax flow to the government.
2. Is it necessary for protestors to be violent against pro-China civilians/properties? I'm aware that the protestors have been subject to violence from both police and mobs alike, but fighting for democracy should be a higher cause than revenge? Aren't they fight for freedom of speech among others? Or it's just freedom for themselves and violence and totalitarianism for who else disagrees? [1]
Again I love freedom to the point I've spent many years fighting it for myself and helped a few people. I support Taiwan to be an independent country. But we all know many bad things have been committed under the name of freedom as well. Now I'm not sure if the Hong Kong protestors are fighting under the name of freedom to actually express their hatred toward mainlanders? Thanks for reading and hope my questions would not offend anyone. Just would like to understand the situation better.
Edit: some explanations on the downvotes would be nice.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-GR88q8pIw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPYuGYLesx0 (the planting of CCP flag near the end is really distasteful for me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFb2chXt9k
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031906.... (trashing trains while passengers still inside)
(Toby Guu is a Canadian software developer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Jgp7-tXfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFwGqF3QlVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcw7lcZA7SE