Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested

Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by kemonocode on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:56AM (#24105689)

Being rich and successful isn't inherently evil, nor anti-democratic. Weak and corrupt governments who bend themselves to please evil people who are also rich, however, are very much a threat to democracy.

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Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by dbtc on Monday August 10, 2020 @01:33AM (#24105895)

Agreed, but using the word "evil" in a political context tends to suck all of the nuance out of the room.

The rich who attempt to bend the government are certainly ALSO a threat to the democracy.

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Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by Shared404 on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:58AM (#24105697)

Well said. This is what I was trying to say, but I'm stupid.

Edit 0: I would point out: weak governments bending over backward to rich people requires rich people opposed to good governments.

Edit 1: See dbtc's comment. I removed the word evil from this comment.

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Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by anoncake on Saturday August 15, 2020 @09:07AM (#24168578)

As long as wealth means influence, people being rich is inherently anti-democratic.

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