If you believe the American and British media, the people of Hong Kong have launched a democratic revolution and are being cruelly repressed. None of this is true, but let’s not let that get in the way of our principles.
Western liberals assume that disorder is revolutionary and democratic, and that it tends towards liberal and egalitarian outcomes.
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