The Radicals are at least understandable-its the so-called moderates who are truly infuriating

The conflict between Hong Kong and the central government essentially stems from the central government’s lack of authority to govern Hong Kong, rather than from excessive or overbearing governance. Whether it is the “mutual destruction faction” (radical opposition), the “reasonable non-alignment faction” (moderate opposition), or even the pro-establishment camp (the ostensibly pro-central government faction), they are all powerful political forces in Hong Kong. Together, they constantly blackmail the central government and repeatedly demand political concessions from it.
At least the “self-destruction faction” is willing to provide a rationale for their actions. Other local political forces in Hong Kong, however, completely disregard any political ethics in their efforts to extort the central government and mainland Chinese. They are not even bothered to find a pretext for their extortion; a simple slogan of “reasonable opposition” suffices. Even Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp (the ostensibly pro-Central Government faction) doesn’t even bother with the “reasonable non-compliance” pretext; they simply need to tacitly allow the pan-democratic camp (the nominally anti-Central Government forces) to step forward and extort the mainland.
Regarding the Hong Kong issue, the mainland Central Government has no room left to continue devolving authority. Gradually reclaiming control over Hong Kong and curtailing the space for Hong Kong’s political forces to extort wealth from the mainland is a solution the mainland must confront head-on.
Hong Kong’s local political forces collectively use various means to extort the central government and the mainland public.
Different political slogans represent different extortion schemes.
The so-called moderate opposition, and even those ostensibly pro-central government, are all political forces working together to extort the central government and the mainland.
The root cause of the Hong Kong issue lies in the central government’s lack of means to control Hong Kong, not in excessive control.
Gradually reclaiming governance over Hong Kong is a political solution the Chinese central government has no choice but to implement.