• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    Why would they declare independence

    They are already a globally recognized independent country

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      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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        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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          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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          Give any source for forced sterilization that isn’t a front for the NED and I will personally send you $1,000 USD.

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            It’s actually really easy to find if you don’t speak Mandarin and read 8% IUD rates as 80% then never correct your error.

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

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      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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          Because they’d release it, and then their power would be gone. It’s more powerful to keep this hidden at the very top.

          The longer America sends kids to die for a pedophile, the better for America’s enemies.

          Once the cat is out of the bag, America puts Trump up against the wall and finds it’s feet again…and that’s not good for the people who have copies of all the fucked up shit he did.

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      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

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    The separation was encouraged and kept by the Burgers (“unsinkable carrier” as MacArthur said) but the times are changing.