• lychee🍒@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      22 hours ago

      two western keyboard warriors arguing over the fate of an island nation on the other side of the planet, having likely never spoken to a single inhabitant and likely never will

      reddit lemmy baby

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        12 hours ago

        Why do you assume I’m from the west? I’ve actually been to Taiwan and it’s amazing. If you visit Taipei 101 you’ll regularly see people with flags for independence. If it truly was China, they’ll be jailed by now, but that doesn’t happen.

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          LOL, your brain is so rotten with propaganda. You believe China arrests people for speaking out, then you see people speaking out and not get arrested, so your first thought is - obviously this isn’t China.

          Mate, China imprisons far fewer people per Capita than the USA does. China handles protests far more peacefully than the USA does. China has a much more vibrant democracy than the USA does.

          Taiwan is the equivalent of “the South will rise again” Americans who wave the Confederate flag. They are Chinese people living on island after their leaders lost their civil war and the only reason it wasn’t immediately brought back into the union is because UK and USA literally sent warships to prevent it from happening. Can you imagine if the confederates retreated to Long Island and then Germany and Russia sent warships to New York harbor to stop the union from integrating Long Island back into the union?

          Learn some history.

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      22 hours ago

      I try to be but I can’t ever compete with those who like to suck boots of bullies.