[There were literally millions of people demonstrating for years and when the law was introduced, it went in for weeks.
The district elections also showed near universal support for Hong Kong’s continued autonomy.
It’s hard to know why you say such ludicrous things.
You obviously did not follow the events.
You are subtle but show yourself as 共匪 a fair amount.]
I hate to break it to you, but money talks and bullshit walks. The coin of freedom is measured in oceans of blood. That is what Ukrainians are shedding - both Russian and those of their compatriots by choosing to kill and be killed in turn. If Hongkongers had simply killed some of their quisling leadership as well as their Chinese occupiers and been killed in significant numbers, then there would have been a global reaction. Debates don’t prompt foreign support. If Ben Franklin had told Louis XVI that his plan for American independence consisted of talking the Crown to death, no money, equipment or direct military support (including that of the French fleet at Yorktown) would have been forthcoming from the French Crown.
You want Uncle Sam to risk anything significant on your behalf, you’d better show that you are able and willing to do what is necessary. And that involves both killing and risking death.