• Filthmontane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    If you’re aware of history, then how exactly is China not China? I must’ve missed a century somewhere

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      Read up on the resolution of the Chinese Civil War and the (nominal) government-in-exile that is Taiwan

      • Filthmontane@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        At what point has enough time gone on before Taiwan is no longer a government in exile? Maybe 5-10 years, but that war ended in 1949. If you really think China and Taiwan should fight to death to determine who’s the true ruler than I think that’s pretty fucked up. Maybe you think the US should be a British colony again? Or maybe Ukraine should be part of Russia again? At this point the CCP has controlled China longer than the Kuomintang did, so I think that means they win.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          If you really think China and Taiwan should fight to death to determine who’s the true ruler than I think that’s pretty fucked up.

          I think Taiwan should wait out authoritarian communism’s inevitable collapse and then come to the rescue with real solutions.

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              That’s fine. Democracy always wins in the end.

              • Filthmontane@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                2 years ago

                Yup, China will inevitably transition into a democratic socialist state, ceding the means of production over to the people. Not turning into a capitalist Republic that’s controlled by wealthy oligarchs.

                • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  China will inevitably transition into a democratic socialist state, ceding the means of production over to the people

                  Sure, Jan.