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At their core, the protests were about a sense of localist superiority. I'd say "ethno nationalism" but Hong Konger isn't really an ethnicity separate from Guangdong people. The rioters thought that they were superior, "more civilized" because of exposure to British rule. Hence shit like calling other Chinese people "locusts" and flying the HK flag.
It's one of the reasons the protesters' cause flopped categorically with anyone old enough to remember British rule.
True, but this kind of incoherent bullshit is how capitalism sustains itself.
The US government killed more protestors in a single day against justified protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd than the CPC did over 5 months of secessionists in Hong Kong.
Even Natopedia admits there were only 2 deaths from the """protests"""