Mikal with a k on Nostr: Why have I been thinking about how an American could escape into Mexico? A story: I ...
Why have I been thinking about how an American could escape into Mexico? A story:
I made three trips to Hong Kong in late 2019, to photograph the protest movement. The last trip was in early December. I had plans to return late-January, 2020.
That movement was MASSIVE. Some marches had over a million people, in a territory of only 7 million. Hundreds of thousands could be drawn into the streets at short notice.
Then Covid hit and the Chinese Communist Party seized the opportunity to crush the movement overnight. People stripped their social media profiles. Chat groups disappeared. Posters came down. Media outlets were systematically shuttered. Many who could, fled.
Fascism can happen scary fast. I've been thinking about how I would leave quickly since I watched that beautiful almost-revolution in Hong Kong be snuffed into the dirt overnight. When Trump talks violent retribution and you've been one or another form of dissident, you have to include fleeing into the night into your threat modeling.
I made three trips to Hong Kong in late 2019, to photograph the protest movement. The last trip was in early December. I had plans to return late-January, 2020.
That movement was MASSIVE. Some marches had over a million people, in a territory of only 7 million. Hundreds of thousands could be drawn into the streets at short notice.
Then Covid hit and the Chinese Communist Party seized the opportunity to crush the movement overnight. People stripped their social media profiles. Chat groups disappeared. Posters came down. Media outlets were systematically shuttered. Many who could, fled.
Fascism can happen scary fast. I've been thinking about how I would leave quickly since I watched that beautiful almost-revolution in Hong Kong be snuffed into the dirt overnight. When Trump talks violent retribution and you've been one or another form of dissident, you have to include fleeing into the night into your threat modeling.