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[–] 132 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Someone post this on hexbear and send me a screenshot.

I'd do it myself but I value my sanity

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  • [–] 91 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I would, but I got banned for daring to disagree with their narratives. Apparently brigading other instances and users is fine, but you have the audacity to go there and debate their lunacy, and it's ban time.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You could also just post on !memes@lemmy.ml, hexbear likes to hang out on there.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Lemmy.ml has its own tankie groups, btw. Hexbear is just one of a few focal points.

    To each their own. However, it's convenient to know when you are getting close to some type of military demarcation line. (Stray bullets can still fly across demilitarized zones, or, you start to see pro-communist graffiti a little more often, is what I am saying.)

    Still, there is no harm in tossing some meme-loaded USB drives over the border to see what happens.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Add Tibet, Xianchang, Manchuria, as separate countries and switch Inner Mongolia to being part of Mongolia and now we're getting somewhere.

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I really hope China doesn't legitimately try to take Taiwan someday. Would be a terrible day for Earth.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Very likely within the next few years unfortunately

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I doubt it, there's not much for them to gain from it but a lot to lose

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Taiwan currently produces some of the worlds besteht chips via tsmc and holds a very powerfull geological Position in the "south china'' sea

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Even if they managed to recover all chip factories after a full scale invasion (which the Taiwanese could easily sabotage), the production is based on a lot of western technology, which they couldn't replicate for decades. So the factories would be of little use.

    Chinas economy is also very reliant on exports to western countries (US, Japan, Europe), if they invaded Taiwan that would plunge the world economy into the worst crisis ever seen that would hit China especially hard. They're already struggling with serious demographic and other economic issues that will put them into a difficult spot in the next decades. Invading Taiwan would be very, very terrible for basically everyone, and suicide for the CCP.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    Q: How do you determine who is cheating in the online game you're playing?

    A: Declare that Taiwan is best China. All the cheaters will start screaming.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    is it racist to imply that it is only the chineese who cheat at online games?

    who knows

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's somewhat racist, but it's also got some truth to it. Anywhere internet cafés are a thing cheating tends to be more popular. They're usually not using their own account, so there is no risk to cheating. Internet cafés are prevalent in China and Russia, so there's a stereotype of them being cheaters. That's not to say they all do it, but it's more likely than most other places.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How to piss off the PRC with one pic.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, doesnt that kinda play into the PRC's narrative that Taiwan and China are the same country?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The PRC and RoC share a lot of the same territorial disputes because they both view themselves as the one rightful Chinese government; they largely agree which land is "part of China". It's taking Taiwan's side because it's saying they should administer all of it.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Doesn't Taiwan largely still do this in the modern day because revoking those claims would be equivalent to declaring its formal independence as a separate country, which is something China has threatened would be met with invasion?

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Why people in the west care about this territorial conflict.

    It is clearly a strategic conflict for USA and allies to keep China at distance and reduce their ability to move further.

    But for people to keep talking about it like it is a ( good vs evil ) feels like propganda by USA military or something.

    If we imagine a world where china without Nuclear weapons, so Nato can stop them anytime, I dont think the USA media will care about them.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's pretty clear that having a strategic partner in that part of the world is a net positive for western counties. Also Taiwan supplies a huge fraction of our computer chips.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    That they managed to utterly dominate the chipmaking market and use that as a leverage to make allies was a real master move. The pandemic and the whole supply chain troubles giving a wake up call that "all eggs in one basket" is bad sure got them worried, tho.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Nah, Taiwan only avoids forsaking these claims because doing so would be interpreted as a formal declaration of independence, prompting an invasion.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Why are you including Tibet in that?

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)
  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    Taiwan (or The Republic of China) is a special case in that it doesn't want independence from the PRC*, but rather they claim that all of China is part of the ROC and is illegally occupied by the PRC. The PRC, likewise, views Taiwan as a rebellious little part of their own country.

    *I learned just now that there's a political movement that eschews this view and instead just wants sovereignty for the land currently owned by Taiwan.

    Anyway, as far as I know, Ukraine doesn't make any similar claims to Russia (except for certain contested areas).

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok but this is literally true, broth the PRC and the ROC claim to be the real china

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    but also remove all the borders

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I'm so sick of this"West Taiwan" crap. It plays into the PRC narrative that China and Taiwan are inseparable. Most Taiwanese just want to live their lives without needing to worry about China invading. The official ROC territorial claims remain in part due to the 2005 Anti-Secession law of the PRC. The law provides a legal mandate to invade if Taiwan were to declare formal independence. In general the only people in Taiwan who want to govern China are older nationalists.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Couldn't help but notice Honk Kong (UK) sticking out like a sore thumb. Anyways f*** imperialism/colonialism!

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