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Xi as Winnie the Pooh is racist
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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
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Saying "This isn't racist because it is based off of a similar meme that originated in China" has big "I can't be racist when I say the N-word because I have a black friend." energy.
It's less that and more "ohh, it's fine when they say it, but when I say it, it's racist" which isn't reasonable in the first place for the n-word, but doubly so in this case since we know there's a lot of racism going around in the HK independence "movement."
Daily reminder HKs minimum wage is 1 dollar for servants and 5 dollars per hour for workers, they have the highest rent in the entire world yet some of the worst living conditions and historically have only had 49% of there parliment able to be elected, the other 51% is 8 western buisnessmen.
HK separtists advocate for the above because they are the lucky enough ones to be above the slave class and they want this relationship to continue, and for things to remain the same rather than for things to get better via intergation with china, which would give the HK working and underclass access to cheap housing via mainland China, who have 90% house ownership rate vs HKs like 17%.
Source;
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/5/1/not-enough-hong-kongs-low-paid-get-32-cent-minimum-wage-bump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_domestic_helpers_in_Hong_Kong
Does that mean the entire Parliament in HK is just 15 people?
Nah, they basically split there highest democratic chamber into two, with one half being elected and the other half appointed unelected people to represent UK buisness interests, they have a majority over the elected half.
Also to clarify the small minority of the other half have more voting power than all of the other elected members, to effectively give them a majority.
HK has essentially been a autocratic imprealist state serving the bougie of HK and UK interests since it changed hands to the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_development_in_Hong_Kong#Under_British_rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Hong_Kong
As you can see here, they 'permitted' HK residents to elect half of the people in the chamber, with them (the UK) retaining control of the other half (while still retaining the deciding vote) and that China actually offers them full democracy, unconditionally.
The founding members of what is reffered too in HK as 'ExCo' (with the other chamber usually its 'LegCo')