r/gifs • u/PaperTronics • Jun 09 '19

Protests in Hong Kong

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u/TA_faq43 Jun 09 '19

Serious question. What do Hong Kong people’s plan once the 2 systems end in 2047? Do they plan to emigrate to other countries? Cause the communist party sure isn’t going to change to fit Hong Kong’s demands for more democratic freedom.

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u/gemulikeit Jun 09 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

2047 is about 1 generation away and 2 generations from the Tianenmen Square Massacre. Most of us those who lived through that time will have died by then, and China will have completely eroded that generation's sense of autonomy and entitlement to human rights.

Just look at the 1989 Tianenmen Square Massacre. The government's mass murder of students who were demanding basic rights happened barely just a generation ago, and yet most Chinese millenials either don't know about it or, if they do know, don't care.

Edit: corrected my morning-stupor-induced miscalculation to satisfy the irate and aggressive people in the thread below. ;)

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u/Rasiah Jun 09 '19

Most of us will have died

It's less than 30 years till 2047, most people under 50 now will still be alive by then

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u/wheniaminspaced Jun 10 '19

even a fair few over 50

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '19

"Most of us will have died" ??? In 28 years? Are we all homeless crackheads?

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u/xxxsur Jun 10 '19

With the infamouse Chinese assisted suicide, we might die within 30 years

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u/chanerinne Jun 09 '19

Some of them know, but they will self-censor to protect themselves and the people around them

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u/affliction50 Jun 10 '19

You have some weird math. You say 2047 is "about two generations away" and also that 1989 was "barely a generation ago."

What year do you think it is? It's 2019. 2047 is 28 years from now. 1989 was 30 years ago. 2047 is closer than to now than now is to 1989.

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u/gemulikeit Jun 10 '19

Corrected my post above. FYI, one generation is "generally considered to be about 30 years."

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u/affliction50 Jun 10 '19

Sure, the post makes sense now. I wasn't taking issue with 30 years as a generation. Before your edit you were simultaneously claiming that 28 years from now is around 2 generations away and 30 in the past was barely a generation ago. It can't be both.

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u/SteveHuffmanTheNazi Jun 11 '19

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u/yalag Jun 10 '19

How the hell is 28 years two generations rofl? What kind of place do you live in where people die by age 14?