1/ While many have turned to social media campaigns and online petitions to make their voices heard, other less obvious platforms have also risen to the fore as means of protest, including, Joshua Wong said, the Nintendo game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
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2/ As platform without political censorship, open-ended life simulation game, which lets players live on tropical island & interact with anthropomorphic animals, has become a place for protesters in HK and around the world to demonstrate without having to leave their homes.
3/ "That's a good platform," Wong said, as it allows protesters to get creative by decorating their islands in the game to be "a protest site." Wong's own island in #AnimalCrossing, of which he shows a black protest banner along with portraits of Carrie Lam & President Xi.
4/ "It fuels creativity & shows that we can still keep on our fight and ask for freedom and democracy" Still, the gap left by absence of physical protests cannot be easily filled; there is strength in numbers & power in seeing those numbers come together for a common cause.
5/ "I feel optimistic that we can get people on the streets again." Already, the activist is looking forward, with his sights set on July 1, anniversary of Chinese rule over HK. Traditionally marked by protest, Wong felt hopeful that by then, might see protests rise again.
