Thoughts?
Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?
Thoughts?
Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?
I hope the EU and nations in the Asian sphere decide to have a military alliance. Taiwan is pretty dang valuable, and also shouldn’t be bullied for the sake of some strongman’s wet dream.
So it’s all about TSMC, the west doesn’t give a shit about the people or the land.
Well, China only cares about the land. You can take TSMC from Taiwan.
That is dumb. TSMC is comprised of the world’s foremost experts in chip technology. They are people, and probably would like to stay in their homeland. Furthermore, it takes at least a decade to build the infrastructure to create microchips, which requires extremely stable geology. A power outage or an earthquake can cause lithography machines to miss their target, ruining months of work.
TSMC is intrinsically tied to the land and people.
That wasn’t my point.
The west only cares about TSMC and not the island or the common people of Taiwan. If Taiwan didn’t have TSMC, the west wouldn’t give two shits about the island.
And China only cares about Taiwan for the land and the image it projects of “reunifying China”. They don’t care about the people in Taiwan since a vast majority don’t want to be invaded by China.
Look at how well the Hong Kong “reunification” went.
Correct. If the people of Taiwan don’t want to be part of China, they’re free to leave, just like everyone else in China.
Ok tankie. Let me take over your house and if you don’t like me, you can leave.
What a clown.
Literally Israelis 🤣
But it’s not the same comparison. False equivalence.
to where?
It’s a right, you’re not forced to leave.
sure, that’s why Taiwan is located on one of earth’s most active earthquake regions
edit: bad cropping of image is not my fault, i found it like that on the internet and am to lazy to find another one
edit: here’s another one
Are you enlisted in the armed forces of an EU country? Or are you just a militaristic hypocrite who wants to send others to die?
No, and no.
Let’s be frank: Taiwan doesn’t want to belong to anyone, not China nor the west. However, it is a small country that has to use what its got, if it wants to maintain independence. Exchanging access to their chip supply for military aid is likely their best bet for not becoming a forgotten checkmark on Xi’s list of “accomplishments”.
Also, China has armed merchant vessels with weapons. It is pretty damn clear that China wants to start a fight. Given their behavior against the Philipines, India, and Taiwan, it is clear that China intends to hurt people. It is madness to not prepare for a conflict and push back, else China will enact their imperialist agenda. Be it against the USA, Russia, or China, smaller nations should do what they can to avoid being trod upon. Teaming up is the best way to do that.
China Arms a Container Ship | Picket/Surveillance | First Strike | Cost Effective | Expendable
“The geopolitically opposite country of mine is the evil imperialist invader, we need to arm ourselves in self-defense and defense of human rights!”
-All state propaganda from all countries participating in WW1
Go ahead, enlist yourself, hypocrite