35 years ago brave Chinese students sat peacefully protesting for democracy, something people increasingly had around the world.
China had emerged on the world stage and young people wanted what other people around the world had.
Many of these young people would not return home. Their own government, comrads, would slaughter them for daring to want, daring to dream, daring to demand.
Their movement failed. Hong Kong was the last place that continued to commemorate their bravery for at least trying. Hong Kong has now lost many of the very freedoms these students wanted.
These students are being erased from history. As fascism starts to take hold around once flourishing democracies, let us take a moment to remember the incredible price it comes at.
Democracy is not easy. It takes blood to get and as we watch the world's biggest democracy erode, we know it can slip away easily.
Remembering Tiananmen Square isn't just about those students. It is a reminder to us about the blood price of democracy. It can get crushed in its infancy and it can get destroyed in it's maturity.
This anniversary, remember that our freedoms are always paid for in blood. Safeguard what you have.
Be tank man.
Chu 朱 /
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