I'm surprised at some of the responses to this. First off, does Daryl Morey have any idea what he's talking about? Do any of us? Just because you watch CNN doesn't mean you truly grasp what is actually happening over there, or the thousands of years of history in Asia that most of us don't know a thing about. I was in Beijing a few months ago. Most people there just look at Hong Kong as another province of China, with only a few modified rules. How would our Federal Government react if Texas started rioting in order to branch off and become it's own country? Would most of us, or the government, be okay with letting them go?
A lot of people's only response is.........."let them have democracy!" Do people realize that democracy as a form of government has it's own set of problems and issues? I'm not suggesting I want to live under a communist government, but don't act like pure democracy is a perfect solution. Even our founding fathers were wise enough to establish a constitutional republic.
I'm aware China has issues and a history of violating human rights. So does the United States. Their government has brought hundreds of millions out of poverty in the past few decades and by and large the citizens of the country are happy with their government (the exception being protesters in HK). I would imagine they have higher government approval ratings than the US does. I certainly don't want to live there, but at the same time think we need to scale back our criticism and focus on fixing our own government before we tell others how to run theirs.
