Of course those Democrats Abroad who resoundingly voted for the ‘foreign-policy-ignorant single-issue’ candidate for President are just spoiled kids who don’t understand economic competition, globalization, or what it takes for America to “stand taller and look farther”.
But what about the local people who don’t have as many privileges?
Below are some nuggets of comparative perspective, from the ethnic Chinese city-state that was long trumpeted (via many layers of dishonesty) as proof of the ideology that ‘the free-ist markets create the best societies’.
The Mong Kok riots are a wake up call about the widening wealth gap
The rise of violent political confrontation in Hong Kong has three critical causes. First is the growing socioeconomic divide that has deepened anxiety, insecurity and conflict in day-to-day life.
Second is the government’s failure since 1997 to respond effectively to the new socioeconomic challenges and its refusal so far to reform the political system so the problems can be tackled.
Third is the rising influence of radical intellectual ideas that have led youths to … see the system as morally bankrupt and the struggle to reform if not to overthrow it as regaining their human dignity.
To really help the poor, Hong Kong needs to target the advantages enjoyed by the rich
Peg Yoc Hui Valdez says pro-poor schemes won’t narrow the wealth gap in society without efforts to also tackle the systematic exploitation of our free-wheeling free market that impoverishes people in the first place
So what kind of ‘oblivious-to-international-comparisons’ kids are writing this kind of thing?