"We need to stand alone," says a Yuen Long resident who provided only her surname as Tsang, citing sensitivity over her viewpoint among protesters. "You should not blindly follow one side or the other."
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Hong Kong, if protestors are successful, will probably become a leader of the digital economy.
In a country like Norway the individual is respected. You are free in Norway to be a trailblazer challenging some established system, and you are also free to sit around smoking crack. If you want to protest the government there is no risk for you.
Which is more important, development or stability?
For any growth, stability and security have to yield.
There is always the possibility that if Hong Kong had democracy all of the population would become drug users, waiting for sex changes, so they could work as prostitutes, but more likely a majority of the people would become innovators, something discouraged in authoritarian countries like China and the U.S.
https://news.yahoo.com/die-hard-hong-kong-protesters-060708725.html
It is tragic to see protestors in Hong Kong imagining that the U.S. is a center of freedom that will protect them.
The United States has supported, and still supports, many autocratic regimes around the world. If the leader of China offered the U.S. a financial incentive to help crush the uprising, the U.S. would even send troops.
https://news.yahoo.com/chanting-anti-beijing-slogans-protesters-074407461.html
Interpol, the supposed 'world police agency' routinely puts anti government people from authoritarian regimes on its red list so they will be arrested if they are caught at borders or overseas.
https://euobserver.com/justice/121207
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/russia-interpol-abuse/561539/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/interpol-helps-dictators-hunt-down-dissidentsand-me
There are a lot of people in Hong Kong risking long jail sentences.
