但尽管不利的社会经济因素加剧了民众的失望，但已经成为香港生活现实的大规模抗议活动从本质上说是以香港民众权利为核心的政治抗议。
But, while adverse socioeconomic factors have exacerbated popular frustration, the mass protests that have become a fact of life in the city are quintessentially political protests centered on the rights of Hong Kong’s people.