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Reports of live rounds used and government building a target for protesters as they're starting to set up barricades.
Hong Kong protests footage, live right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcNB89_ISiI
@UnScottable Zimbabwae? is that near Wakanda? also created by Stan Lee?
Shot fired
In centre of mass
"Chinazi" spray paint (from the other live stream before)
https://gyazo.com/165fef68b84dcd4a2d26c879b5b7a50f
Next Hong Kong protest livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ1FLkuGIu8
Someone just shot in HK. Its boogaloo time!
I hope the world's watching, this will be a lesson to us all
No nice guy democracy bullshit against the totalitarians, this is how things actually go
What do you think would happen if we airdropped in light arms and anti-armor weapons?
Why would we do that?
Arsenal of democracy and all that
Nah
Highly ineffective in 2019
The weapons of modern day are the information war and economic shutdown
If weapons were so useful, Hong Kong would've likely already used them. They haven't used them en masse yet precisely because they rile up even more of the population.
So tear gas it is instead, and even that quite sparingly
Short term yes. Eventually everything will be backed up with weapons.
No, the governments prefer to resorting to mass arrests, and most people won't fight that with deadly force
When the government uses deadly force against the majority of protesters, that means it has been taken over by the ultra violent already
At that point the populace has no chance with deadly force anyway, because the military is far too well trained
This is why the key is not to win the war, but to win sympathies, in this case the ultimate ally is the military
Soldiers don't want to kill their own friends and family, so the key is to make sure they won't feel incentivized to do that
So civil war in 2019 is a lot more about moving the pieces on the board rather than attacking outright
As Sun Tsu has taught us, wars don't just happen on the battlefield
If he was alive today, he would hold online battles in high regard
As well as economic shutdowns by the populace
I could also simplify this argument: you have to have the military on your side, whether you're the government or the civilians
The only group that's usually willing or at least strongly incentivized to actually fight is the army
And as the government you don't want to alienate the military, so if you push too far you risk getting disempowered by them
How residents of Hong Kong react to protesters blocking roads, forcing public transport detours:
https://hongkong.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/10/01/21900640_0.jpg
First Aid matters not
Chest x Ray is out for the guy who got shot earlier
It's conflicted but there's a lot of reports saying he's 15, though there's still a small few saying he's 18
Form 5 student in a secondary school
Big October first military parade in China all I gotta say is they got some weird planes