A Hong Kong Minute

Now that The Capitalist's are fleeing capitalism and entering The Age of the Gifting Society ("Feeling Heat, C.E.Os Pledge New Priorities", The New York Times, August 20, 2019), with the big Corporate Honchos who run America convening the other day at a Round Table pledging to compensate their employees fairly and provide "important benefits," while also vowing to "protect the environment by embracing sustainable practices," we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief--after duly noting their courage and determination in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles--and turn our attention to Hong Kong.  

At the moment Hong Kong is the most interesting place in the world, more interesting than Russia by far, much more interesting than the USA and Europe combined, a lot more intriguinging than the Lost Continent of Mu where Ho Chi Minh defeated Stonewall Jackson at the now legendary Battle of Wits sometime before time began. 

The bravery of people with umbrellas in Hong Kong, gathering and then marching, more than a million strong, cannot be either underestimated or overestimated. The very name of the proposed legislation being protested--the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation--is worth protesting all on its own. Meantime, mainland China, led by a dictator in a long line of dictators, but at the back of the pack alphabetically, has lined up troops, tanks, and other military equipment on the outskirts of Hong Kong to squash the movement should it grow to the size of either D Trump's Presidential Inauguration or a Make America Great Again pep rally in Cincinnati, OH.

It is exciting to see that our global geo-political future is currently being created by young people in Hong Kong willing not only to march but to possibly get cracked over the head by a police baton, or worse. Perhaps their actions will lead to the Great Melding of Capitalist & Communist Power Systems, prophesied both in The Bible and Mao's Little Red Book.