"A Totalitarian State is a country run by One Family. A Democratic State is a country run by one of two families who each pay to have turns." Hong Kong is a part of China the same way Tasmania is a part of Australia no matter how many Tasmanians, and how many Australian mainlanders, don't actually like that fact. The fact won't change. As for Hong Kong, 4 months of protest, or 400 months. It doesn't matter. Take as long as you want. Destroy everything you need to destroy of your own making and of your own families. China won't stop you - you are China. No one will stop you. It won't change a thing, for the better. There is a time to build up, and a time to break down. Do what you need to do.