cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/64418113

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[–] 39 points 3 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago

    What a fucking pussy

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Why would they declare independence

    They are already a globally recognized independent country

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Because Trump finished high school before the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and has been called by one of his college professors the dumbest student be has ever taught.

    Add in dementia and I really believe Trump has no idea what Taiwan is apart from a word he recognizes and, with preparation, can barely distinguish from Thailand.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Unfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I think almost all countries recognize Taiwan including the US

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago*

    Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it's a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan

    And as comparison:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago

    Cool so how about closing all those bases in Asia because you don’t need them now.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    Good news Taiwan wasn't planning that. Seriously current mood is maintaining the defacto independence.

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  • [+] -25 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    Shh you'll ruin the entire neoliberal western narrative that has caused the populations of the US and Europe to constantly disparage the single most advanced form of government proven so far. If they cannot fear monger about China being evil bloodthristy imperialists wanting to take Taiwan or propagandize Taiwan as being brave independent freedom fighters then all the other hundreds of billions of dollars in propaganda through hundreds of outlets in more than two dozen countries including extensive terror campaigns, the wholesale creation of several cults, and the world's most extensive propaganda NGO in world history would all be for nothing.

    They really don't understand they're the bad guys and not China, and it'd break their little hearts to find out China got that big without doing all the evil shit they did.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You do realize that China literally considers Taiwan a province in rebellion right? Or did you think that the mainland actually was giving formal recognition to it's independence this whole time.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Cool cool, Tibet and forced sterilisations.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Tibet was a theocratic slave trading shithole before China, the only people pretending otherwise are braindead westerners coping poorly with their increasing irrelevance

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    America helps russia... now cossies up to china. What on earth is happening.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago

    The capitalists have no loyalists to any nation. They will betray and strip the US of all of its natural resources to sell to China if it meant more profit (as they've done to every other nation)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    The only thing that dictates capital's actions is its own insatiable demand to expand. To that end, push comes to shove, the US will burn EU to the ground to make 6% more profits YoY.

    Era of neoliberalism is over. Trying to apply a neoliberal framework to what's happening in the world right now will lead to nothing but confusion

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Trump; the dictators town bicycle.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    lol

    Rare Trump W

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    The separation was encouraged and kept by the Burgers ("unsinkable carrier" as MacArthur said) but the times are changing.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Taiwan says is an 'independent' nation, after Trump's warning

    Looking at their post history, OP is what is called a 'ziganwu', right?

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