假如香港仍然係高度自由，2019 年香港人為乜要抗爭？ (Patreon)

篇文諗咗好耐，主要係針對外國一班倡議自由市場嘅朋友；但有呢度嘅讀者可能都會有興趣，所以都貼個 TL;DR 同埋條 link 畀大家。

TL;DR 重點：

1，自由經濟世界排名呢份報告，其實好反映到香港嘅禮崩樂壞；

The Economic Freedom of the World Report justly tracked and reflected Hong Kong’s institutional decay;

2，雖然香港排第一，新加坡第二；但就係得呢兩個城邦。你將香港、新加坡同其他民族國家比，就好似搵藍莓同西瓜比，梗係呢兩個地方叮噹馬頭一、二名喇；

Hong Kong is still at the top of the list, with Singapore as the solid number two because these are the only two city-states. Comparing city-states to nation-states is like comparing blueberries to watermelons.

3，新民族主義係自由嘅最大威脅；呢種民粹嘅新民族主義，係全球嘅現象，共產中國都唔例外（講緊小粉紅、戰狼）。香港本來就無乜民族情緒嘅，但結果 2019 年都迫咗出來。（我知，其實好早已經有，甚至可以話馬文輝 1950 年已經有，但佢個啲係 exception rather than the norm 喇）。 

Neo-nationalism is the greatest threat to freedom. The emergence of populist neo-nationalism is a global phenomenon. Communist China is no exception. Hong Kong used to have a cosmopolitan culture. But it also had its full-blown nationalism sentiment since 2019.

4，捍衛自由最有效但又經常被忽略嘅，就係權力下放呢四個字。呢個其實亦係 2019 年香港人抗爭嘅本質。

An effective and overlooked safeguard of freedom was the devolution of policymaking to the lowest possible level, i.e., the principle of subsidiarity. It was also what Hong Kong people fought for in 2019.

If Hong Kong is free, why did we Hong Kong people fight in 2019? (substack.com)