Economic Strangulation and Annexation

The peaceful protest has been going on for more than a month on the Galle Face Green in Sri Lanka, and after authorities failed to disperse the people by threats, intimidation, and finally violence, now they are trying to fox the general public by cooking up another story.

The story is that the big bulling neighbour brother is behind all these protests and why they do it is to strangle the country’s economy, so it can be annexed to them socially and economically.

The past examples are given to affirm the theory are the formation of the European Union and China taking control of Hong Kong.

The EU was formed for mutual benefits; to avoid possible wars between nations and to remove some of the bottlenecks within the landmass.

The Hong Kong case is not similar to that.

They are only claiming their rightful landmass after the expiry of the lease China had with the UK.

The interesting thing to look at in both situations is the sort of money in use after both incidents.

The Germans are the most powerful nation economically in the EU, but instead of forcing their mark on other nations, a new unit of money called the Euro was formed.

In the case of Hong Kong, they still use their old HK dollars and not the Chinese currency.

Annexation after a military invasion is a real possibility, and Crimea is one recent example of many others littered throughout the history of mankind.

However, an annexation after systematic starvation of another country’s economy is just another fancy theory, yet to be duplicated in real life, but not an impossibility either.

The geographical location is important, but the most important and long-lasting factor is the people's will.

But without the will of the people, it would only be a nasty experiment.

And I doubt that the big bully brotherly neighbour would go down that road again, having already paid dearly for taking such a stand to feed, shelter, and protect a group of terrorists a few decades ago.

Therefore, my assumption is that this is just another devious diversion plan cooked up by the authorities and nothing more.

Long live the peaceful protest.