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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 29 points 17 hours ago

More like "as USAid funding dwindle"

[–] marathon01@lemmy.ml 26 points 17 hours ago

Yes, USAid dried up FFS. It was nothing about democracy but again, regime change or an attempt at that scenario.

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 41 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

as freedoms dwindle

More like, as US funding dwindles.

[–] RubicTopaz@lemmy.world 52 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

I'm guessing pro "democracy" just means pro-liberalism and pro-US in this case?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

yeah thats these people's code for capitalism, yes.

under the assumption that its the only democratic way, which is almost the exact opposite of the truth.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 16 hours ago

It means pro-Western empire. Hong Kong was occupied by Britain and only developed a "pro-democracy/anti-China" movement when the British decided to develop it as a leave-behind spoiler when they realized they had no legal basis to extend their lease of the island past 1999

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 25 points 19 hours ago

Always has been

[–] Lyra@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 22 hours ago