lmao

"i dont believe this happened" vs "this didnt happen"

not for long

@Redneo I don't think that is true, but even if it was it would leave the US having the better speech protections.

Kind of, there's a bunch of corruption and Chinese party intracies, but yes if you just look at the laws hong Kong is free

the uk... where the cops state outright they will investigate 'noncrime' instances of wrongthink online as being hate crimes

because the prefix of "believe" should really be required

>When you are the best country in the world but you will get assimilated by the mongols in a couple of years

wut

i like the us definition of hate crime more than european

lol

If you assert some historical fact or opinino in the US, your speech is protected by law.

them racist cops dont do hate thoughts

There is no other country in which speech protections are as strict.

Then again, even in Australia you can get black listed from employment for incorrect politics, that's still not technically free but it's not by law so no one talks about it

also someone got to prison in the UK for saying that Mohammed was a warlord

keep that in mind

>be us
>teach hong kong economic freedom
>they get better at it than you

I call BS on Hong Kong...

anyone else remember the case where the cops questioned a guy for liking a tweet and told him outright that they will investigate non crime cases of wrongthink as being hatecrimes?

@BlueAndBlack That can happen informally in the US, too, yes.

its not bullshit

Hong Kong is not more free than the United States

in most countries tech companies take up the gaunt where the state drops

>be hong kong
>have your charter run out

hong kong isnt really a part of the rest of china

I still call BS on Hong Kong.

@Maddie it will be soon

Also >Count Dankula

china wants full control of HK

Uk doesnt have speech freedom

^^

maybe economic freedom but not speech

Hong Kong had the freest markets, yes.

>be Maddie
>pretend the CCP aren't amazing at creating informal control mechanisms

Totally free!

It was very deregulated.

Yeah where did this joker get the freedom index ranking?

so many communist chinese are butthurt when they hear of HK's independence

they had a 99 year charter that expired recently or is due to expire soon. kept them safe from china.