• Kushan@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Have you seen the lengths people go to in order to not have to change their world view even a smidge? To not have to correct themselves about anything at all? I’ll give you a hint, literally every right wing party in the world doing well is because weak people can’t change a damn thing about themselves.

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      3 days ago

      Not just the right. The entire Taiwan situation is entirely due to the Chinese being taught at school that Taiwan just is part of China like it’s an immutable fact.

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        3 days ago

        being taught at school that Taiwan just is part of China

        What’s the name of Taiwan’s government again?

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              Because they consider themselves to be the original China, since their government was formed from the Nationalist (pre-communist) government of China, who were chased out by the Communists.

              The situation is NOT like this:

              🇨🇳: The island of Taiwan is part of me!
              🇹🇼: No, I am an independent nation!

              It’s like this:

              🇨🇳: I am the true China, and the island of Taiwan is part of me!
              🇹🇼: No, I am the true China, and the mainland is part of me!

              Which is why there are some countries that do not recognize the People’s Republic of China (mainland), and instead recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as China.

              My information from:
              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan
              https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/12/04/2003660529

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                12 hours ago

                Sounds like tankie nonsense.

                Are you sure Taiwan hasn’t been an independent state with nothing to do with China forever, and China just wants to invade because its an evil dictatorship?

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              And China calls itself the People’s Republic of China. Which means China on its own does not exist.

              Which means The Republic of China is not part of The People’s Republic of China.

              Now get your semantic ass out of here.

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                2 days ago

                This isn’t semantics, the “China” they’re referring to is the same place, both governments claim to be the legitimate ruler of all of China, It’s not “The Republic of One Little Island off China” and “The People’s Republic of All of China Except That One Little Island”.

                Look at a map of their claimed territories, they’re 95% identical.