Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei said Sunday this is the best way forward for its members.
According to the NYT there’s around 90,000 DSA members in all of the US, so with ~340 million Americans the DSA has 5 times more members pro capita than “the biggest pro-democracy party” in Hong Kong lol
And I’m pretty sure the DSA’s ratio would be significantly better if you only looked at major cities. There’s a local meme party where I live, whose only tenet is that they like drinking beer, and it has a better ratio than the Hong Kong Democratic Party
This major force for liberal democracy had 400 members, according to NATOpedia.
Hong Kong has a population of more than 7.5 million.
Very real, very not astroturfed movement for liberal democracy.
To be fair, that’s probably a better ratio than most DSA chapters in the US.
Of course DSA isn’t receiving financial or technical support from foreign governments.
According to the NYT there’s around 90,000 DSA members in all of the US, so with ~340 million Americans the DSA has 5 times more members pro capita than “the biggest pro-democracy party” in Hong Kong lol
And I’m pretty sure the DSA’s ratio would be significantly better if you only looked at major cities. There’s a local meme party where I live, whose only tenet is that they like drinking beer, and it has a better ratio than the Hong Kong Democratic Party