“My hope is HK becomes an internal source of unrest and freedom for China.”
I share such a dream, but I understand the reality - the mainland Chinese are already too indoctrinated. Public opinion in the mainland is not supportive of the Hong Kongers. They have been conditioned to think their current economic gains could ONLY have been achieved by the dictatorship, so “don’t rock the boat”. When Tiananmen Square II comes there will not be any major protests against it in mainland China. Even our own technologists have been helping the dictatorship secure the tools of indoctrination and control. The Internet serves them and is highly censored to keep most mainlanders away from views the dictatorship wants hidden or crushed. They have been told to stick to making money and leave everything to the dictators - and they do.
Yes I’m sure you’re right. An uphill struggle for sure.