China needs a puppet leader in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is a cash cow.  China let the Hongkongese run open loop as if it were a free country after the British handover and the people there took full advantage of that perceived freedom in order to grow their little territory into a world financial powerhouse and economic dynamo.  But China is a total debt Ponzi and so the Chinese leadership now needs to find other sources of credit in order to prop them up.  The Chinese shadow banking economy is truly scary, worse than the USAs per unit capita.  So today we read that China is now trying to control Hong Kong elections in a very overt and unsophisticated way.  The justification??  Free elections in Hong Kong would create a "chaotic society".

You might be surprised to hear that I, as a devout libertarian, totally agree with the Chinese leadership!  That's right, free elections, freedom to choose, freedom of any kind in Hong Kong WILL create chaos.  But not for Hong Kong!  The chaos will be in mainland China where the long con debt Ponzi is on its last legs.  Without being able to control the financial operations of prosperous and rich Hongkongese, China will meet its inevitable fate sooner rather than later.  But make no mistake: taking control of Hong Kong's financial markets will in no way save China from a catastrophic collapse just like the federal reserve taking control of the US financial markets will not prevent it in the US.  Sucking the value out of Hong Kong and harvesting the Chinese investment in freedom there can delay the inevitable economic collapse of China but not prevent it.  Yes, the Chinese bee keepers created a free colony of busy bees in Hong Kong but it was always for the benefit of China, something to be harvested when needed.


Interestingly, the Hongkongese are fully awake and aware of the threat which the Chinese ruling represents.  They are like fire ants scrambling out of their mounds after someone kicked it (or bees coming out of the hive when they hear footsteps of the bee keeper approaching).  They are organized and they are pissed and they are in no way fooled or deluded as to what main land leadership is saying.  In fact, the mainland isn't even trying to disguise their purpose very much.  Li Feng, deputy bureaucrat in charge of imagined powers in Beijing said, "These rights come from laws, they don't come from the sky....  Many Hong Kong people have wasted a lot of time discussing things that are not appropriate and aren't discussing things that are appropriate."

So basically, any "rights" or freedom that the Hongkongese might be so foolish as to claim for themselves basically live and die at the pleasure of the communist leadership in China.  Oh and by the way, people should only discuss topics that we want them to talk about, everything else is inappropriate.  This is part of their "right" of freedom of speech I guess.

This should be interesting.  China thinks it is in control but the Hongkongese are clearly aware of what is at stake and what the pain points will be for the mainland.  If they want to come and take over the HK financial district, then perhaps the best solution is to shut down that which China wants thus making it all pain and no gain to come and get it.  This is what the people over there are saying right now.

When will people, no matter where they live or what color their skin might be, finally throw off the shackles imposed upon them by the elite?  The basic laws should be simple:

• An honest money supply, separate from government and audited by the people is a prerequisite to everything else in this list.  Fiat currency and fractional reserve banking pretty much guarantee that, over time, all of the rules below will be violated.
• Live and let live.  Let me do whatever I want to as long as it does not harm my fellow man.
• Harm refers to physical harm, environmental harm.
• It does not refer to anything else.  In all things, let the buyer beware and this market feedback force will keep other kinds of harm (like fraud) in check.  No, it will not stop all problems but that is impossible and something we certainly do not enjoy today anyhow.
• I can harm myself if I want to whether that means getting a tattoo, getting a face piercing, drinking too much, smoking pot and snorting cocaine if that it how I define my life.  I can even commit suicide if that is my own will.  Keep all of these things away from kids below the age of 18 but after that we have to let these adults live their own lives.
• Personal property is sacred.  Earn what you get, keep what you earn. Taxation should be minimal allowing for the shared protection of our country from attack, security of our borders, etc.  It should NOT EVER be used for:
• Space exploration
• Big science (i.e. massive non-economic toy boxes/welfare for the elite such as the Hadron Super Collider), etc.
• Climate adventurism (government controlled weather modification)
• Economic investment of any kind (i.e. Solyndra and all of the other failed attempts for central management of investment).
• Jail is for violent offenders ONLY.  Anyone else who owes a debt to society should be working in order to pay it off, not sitting on their asses in a jail cell somewhere.  The perp should be allowed to find his own job and then have wages garnished to repay the debt to society and to the victims.  If they cannot or will not find a job then menial labor can be given to them to pick up trash, etc.  
• I am not my brother's keeper if I damned well choose not to be. 
• Nobody has the right to intervene in the affairs of another sovereign nation and whoever does should expect to be treated like an invading army with absolutely no limits placed on the military response.  Keep in mind that the US nuked Japan twice in WW2 and they never even invaded us.  We already set the precedent for when nukes can be employed.
• Nobody owes me a living.
• Protect our borders.  Promote free trade but avoid foreign entanglements and treaties.
• Gun ownership and open carry 24/7/365 should be unalienable except for convicted violent felons.  Of course private property gives anyone the right to deny open carry or carry of any kind on their personal property.

ELITE: You are not the boss of us!!  Now go mow your own lawn, fix your own car, repair your own leaking roof and grow your own food.  That is what you will have to begin doing the SECOND that people stop accepting your funny money in exchange for their goods and services.  The only power that you hold over the workers is their belief in the value of your fraudulent money supply.  Once that goes, you jackasses go with it.