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I hope our compatriots on the mainland will someday enjoy the same democracy and freedom we do here.
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The speaker expresses hope that compatriots living on the mainland will one day have the same democracy and freedom that people here enjoy. The wording presents these rights as something shared by the speaker’s community but not yet fully available to those on the mainland, and looks toward equal access in the future.
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