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Still incredibly pessimistic that Hong Kongers could somehow win a war for independence... or that anything short of that could win a future of safety for these "protestors"

Just last night I felt guilty for buying something made in China but still did it again... and there certainly wasn't an alternative made anywhere else on the shelf

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> wasn't an alternative made anywhere else on the shelf

was it a needed thing or a wanted thing? if the former, consider making it yourself & selling it as a not-from-china product

I think the aim at this point is not to win outright independence, but to re-secure the autonomy that they are accustomed to and ride it out until the Communist mainland government collapses. (Which may or may not happen...)

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