does hong kong have democracy
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or like singapore, have a 'fake democracy'?
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you can call it Aristocracy to make yourself feel better.
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or capitalistic democracy if you like.
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I believe its a matter of perception depending on how u view democracy..... especially when they were under the Brit, the people in HKG i believe really had felt that they were freer society than SG. Since we were runs by Technocrats and authoritarin regime such as LKY.
And also described by western media and educator alike of its free hands in hong kong.
but most unfornately in modern days where definition of democracy were spell out and felt, when it comes to estabishing their own identity they didn't have that right to choose. -
hk has no democracy but it has something that is more impt - a framework of rights and laws, known as constitutional liberalism.
constitutional liberalism seeks to protect an individual's right to life, property, religion and speech agst coercion from whatever source, whether state, places of religion or society. to secure these rights, it emphasized checks on the power of the govt, equality under the law and impartial judiciary.
constitutional liberalism has enable hk to flourish cos people's rights are protected and the courts and govt run a fair system. -
Well said ! Took it right out of my mouth.Originally posted by lotus999:hk has no democracy but it has something that is more impt - a framework of rights and laws, known as constitutional liberalism.
constitutional liberalism seeks to protect an individual's right to life, property, religion and speech agst coercion from whatever source, whether state, places of religion or society. to secure these rights, it emphasized checks on the power of the govt, equality under the law and impartial judiciary.
constitutional liberalism has enable hk to flourish cos people's rights are protected and the courts and govt run a fair system.
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Yes, actually it is more impt to have constitutional liberalism as it limits the power of the govt. Many democratically elected govts are known to have abused their power as they think they are given absolute sovereignty by the majority in the country.
Btw, democracy is also known as "tranny of the majority" -
Democracy is where 51 people out of 100, have their say over the other 49.