Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.
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Democracy is dying everywhere right now. The uprising is going to be bloody and horrible when it eventually happens.
Maybe I’ll still be alive to see it. Or maybe aliens will blow us the hell up and solve all our problems.
I’m skeptical there is going to be any kind of uprising. The media algorithms are getting too good. The surveillance is getting too pervasive. The population is getting less educated.