Which do you think will happen first? Democracy in Hong Kong or for example Rhode Island breaking away from United States and declaring Communism instead? How about Sydney telling Australia to f. off and establishing their own government? Not very likely. In 1995, Quebec had a referendum in which they decided to leave or stay in Canada. 50.58 % voted no. I don’t know what would happened if the vote was yes. Probably would have been a civil war.
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