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Lightning Strikes posted...

Any discussion of Hong Kong? Because they had local elections which resulted in 90% of seats going to pro-democracy candidates, a large majority of pro-Beijing big beasts (and all candidates) losing their seats, and a huge increase in turnout - over 70% when previously it was below 50%. So much for the silent majority!

Hong Kong is one of the most urbanized places in the world. And the PRC is not even conservative. Why would the silent majority concept apply?

The silent majority concept would apply if, say, HK was not its own province but was the capital of Guangdong province....and there was massive support for the PRC among the rural farmers outside of HK city. Then they would be a silent majority because they would lack the ability to be loud available to the city dwellers, as it would be harder for them to organize into street protests or attract media attention.

But in our world, HK has virtually no rural hinterland attached to it. To criticize the silent majority concept here would be the equivalent of saying the silent majority doesn't exist because a Democrat won an NYC municipal election.
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