Comment by willmadden
3 years ago
You just illustrated why this is a flimsy, social sciences, propaganda piece.
3.5% of what? There are international, national, provincial, and local authorities, each with different constituencies, all of which overlap to some degree.
The preferred method of coup by powerful external forces who finance them are color revolutions - usually via arming violent extremist groups with controlled opposition leaders. That’s about all I need to know.
The local HK government has no power, it is controlled by the CCP. So at least in this case, I can buy the argument.
An American analogy of your argument would be something like “but >3.5% of LA wanted policy XYZ, why didn’t it work”
3.5% of a population under the jurisdiction of a protested government