Recently, people from the democratic camp were interviewed to discuss whether they should run in the “perfected” Legislative Council election, and it was reported that there were divergent views, with some advocating to run, some opposing, and some waiting to see.
Originally, I did not want to talk about this matter anymore, because the matter itself is clear-cut and there is no need to discuss it.
This matter can be discussed in several levels. First of all, the “improved” electoral system, what kind of system, I do not want to talk about the reason, an analogy. The owner has opened a small door under the gate for the dog to enter and exit on weekdays. The owner invites you to visit his house, points to the door and says, “You will enter through here, do you want to climb in?
Suppose you really do not care about decency and self-respect, you climb in, the owner said you wait by the toilet, we drink coffee in the living room, when we finish coffee, I will ask someone to give you a cup of tea, there are leftover snacks will also give you a little, you wait for it. Are you really willing to stand and wait for that cold cup of tea?
Think about it this way, if there is someone in the democratic camp who is still willing to run for office, I wouldn’t consider him a democrat, he certainly has his own freedom to do what he wants.
The Chinese Communist Party will use the National Security Law to disqualify you from running for office, and they will rehash what you said and did in the past to prevent you from running for office. Even if the National Security Law is not used against you, no one will dare to be your nominee if you get a hint from the CCP. If you do express your willingness to run, what will follow is an endless process of humiliating you and begging everywhere, and you may not get in the door in the end.
Even if you do kneel and beg for a ticket to enter the gate, you have to compete with the establishment for votes, think about who will vote for you? You are an old pan-democrat, the voter base is yellow silk, do you think there will be yellow silk to vote for you? You are so brazen to get into the gate, no one will look up to you, no one will think you have the right to represent them, or you will really represent them. On the day of the actual vote, there will be many people who refuse to vote, and there will be many people who go to the polls and cast blank or invalid votes, so how many votes will you get?
So, realistically speaking, your chances of getting into the Legislative Council are zero. Since it is zero, you will lose a handful of rice instead of stealing a chicken, from then on, you will be in the democratic public, so your political life will be over.
The question comes back to what does a person join the democratic movement for? Is it to get into the Legislative Council? If you don’t get into the Legislative Council, there is no point in campaigning for democracy? How many of the five to six million people in Hong Kong, who are willing to risk all kinds of pain and sweat, have made it to the Legislative Council? Those who are not in the Legislative Council are considered part of the democratic movement? To put it bluntly, without the millions of people outside who support the pan-democratic party, how can you get into the Legislative Council? If you can’t get into the Legislative Council, you can’t stand with the millions of people and do whatever you can to achieve the day when there is democracy in Hong Kong?
The level of thinking and personality of people is often seen at such times. I am surprised that there are still people in the pan-democratic party who are still attached to their positions in the Legislative Council today. I doubt it. If the future Legislative Council is unable to achieve anything for the democratic movement in Hong Kong, but is only used to decorate fake democracy, it is doubtful whether they are helping the Chinese Communist Party or the people of Hong Kong.
When all the democrats withdrew from the Legislative Council, I thought they should run again in the future, before the election system was “perfected”. That was before the electoral system was “perfected”. That system has been perfected by the Chinese Communist Party to what it is today, and it is no longer the system given to us by the Basic Law, so if you still want to participate in such a game that guarantees the Chinese Communist Party will win, that is entirely your personal business.
The old pan-democrats in Hong Kong have gotten so far that they can’t see clearly on such a matter of principle, and they have to argue a bit to prove that the young people look down on them, and there is indeed some truth to it. They are so far away from Hong Kong people, and the political quality within the pan-democratic party is so low, no wonder they have been unable to win the support of young people. It is time for the old pan-democrats to take a moment to reflect on themselves.
Hong Kong is in a difficult time, and we need to work together to find a new way out. If the pan-democrats linger on the principle of running or not running, they are destroying themselves, and they will lose the support of more people, and the future ending will be known.
I’m sorry, I’m angry after reading the news, some words may have been said too much, I hope to wake up those confused people.
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