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calcopiritus@lemmy.world 15 hours agoYou don’t need to declare independence to be independent. Only if you were dependent in the first place you claim independence.
ROC was never dependent on PRC. They just both claim the same territory. They are 2 independent countries that claim the same territory, just like both Israel and Palestine are 2 independent countries that claim the same territory.
Objection@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Regardless, I agree with the traditional US stance of “strategic ambiguity” which does not formally recognize Taiwan as independent but treats it as being independent de facto. This stance has maintained peace for decades with Taiwan being functionally independent, so I can see no reasonable reason to deviate from that. So I will repeat my position that I consider Taiwan de facto independent, but not formally so.
None of this has anything to do with the racism in the meme that I’m criticizing.
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Pictured in this order:
Objection@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
You made a valid point. While both maintain that Taiwan is part of China, I suppose that doesn’t inherently preclude them both being independent countries. You’ve convinced me that that’s not a valid line of argument, so I’ve dropped it. You have scored a goal in the goalposts.
I still don’t see what any of this has to do with the racist meme.
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
They can’t answer you because 1) it is racist and they have no rebuttal, or 2) it is racist and they like it so they won’t care to give a rebuttal.
Gotta love libs man