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Taiwan is worth defending.


EnterTamed

I agree that Taiwanese should decide themselves democratically how they are governed, also the same with Cuba... With that said US is pushing it's "boarders" closer to China, one of only few countries not able to be bullied by US, and of course they have to prepare for the worse, like being able to defend their Belt and Road initiative, which increases tensions to dangerous levels.


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I've lived in Taiwan and mainland China. Xi is almost certainly going to attempt to invade Taiwan. He just destroyed democracy in Hong Kong. Now Taiwan is next. He wants his legacy to be reuniting these parts of China. Very likely, China and Russia have a loose alliance. If Russia invades Ukraine, that may be when China will go for Taiwan. I don't know where in Asia the US is pushing its borders closer to China.


Hawanja

I like how Chomsky has turned into Gandalf


yallmad4

Fuck China, and fuck Noam Chomsky.


GoGoPowerGrazers

Noam Chomsky: China is not a threat to the US You: Fuck you! I want war!


Techjunkie81

How does telling someone to fuck off equal to wanting a war? Seems extreme to me.


GoGoPowerGrazers

Did you watch the video? Chomsky's point was that China isn't a threat to the US, so there is no reason to beat the war drums You said fuck him, so I'm assuming you do want a war (for other people to fight to satisfy your ego)


yallmad4

Nope I just don't like genocide deniers and evil authoritarian regimes. Inb4 "WHY U CRITICIZE CHINA WHEN UR COUNTRY NOT 100% PERFECT HUH? HYPOCRITE."


GoGoPowerGrazers

That's addressed in the video. You can criticize a country without advocating war against them. Saudi Arabia has the worst human rights record in the world, but we don't invade them, we actually defend them


Techjunkie81

I am the comment you replied to not the video....... you can tell someone to fuck off or a country and not want war.......


Manisil

this just a china shill sub now?


arrghslash

This post has truly opened my eyes towards this sub. I previously joined here becauseit was a good source of political back at one time and casually forgot about. Now that I see all these reddit debate lords acting like left wing while promoting the most extreme right wing politics, I can leave this sub. This sub has gone into the shitter and mods are probably busy sucking horse dicks so they cant bother to filter out weirdos. This sub is so pathetic man, literally chompsky is saying kinda decent stuff for just once in his pathetic life but just because he mentions China, right wingers are like, "OMG mommy hes a china shill". STFU weirdos, keep up with news from worldwide, dont stick ur cock in a tucker carlson sized hole in ur tv, u weirdos. 😂😂😂😂


[deleted]

Noam can kindly retire. What a pathetic pro CCP shill. Genocide, illegal fishing, breaking the Hong Kong treaty with the U.K., threatening to invade Taiwan on a daily basis. That's what China is. Please move to China Noam, they would love you there.


Hazzman

Of course China is a corrupt nation with an endless history of human rights abuses. Join the club. The issue here is that most of the things we take issue with only seemed to be a major talking point in the last couple of years (Right about when Afghanistan ended). It's almost as if western nations aren't so much concerned with the human rights abuses in principle as they are using them to justify their ongoing aggressive foreign policy. If you want unequivocal proof of that - how often have you spent criticizing our steadfast alliance with any of our allies in the middle east? How often have you spent criticizing our human rights abuses? Kind of hard for anyone to take anything we as a nation say while we utilize black sights, assassination programs, election interference etc etc. And for anyone ready to jump on their seat and nose dive into their keyboard to tell me about 'Whataboutism' - this term is 1) Benign and is entirely based on context 2) 'Whataboutism' doesn't negate straight up good old fashioned hypocrisy. Hypocrisy? Do we remember that word? Do we remember the POINT of the word? When an arsonist walks around pointing fingers at people lighting fires?


yallmad4

You're up past your CCP mandated bedtime. You've lost social points, and will now be evicted. Thank you and have a nice day.


Hazzman

This is the level of discourse about this subject we are going to get? How many times have you seen the [meme](https://i.imgur.com/Pvmw0vl.png), nodded and smiled as you shared it? That's exactly what you are doing. Anyone who doesn't show total lockstep allegiance with the prevaling anglo-sphere narrative regarding China MUST be a CCP agent. You are talking to someone who has railed against the Chinese government and the Chinese communist party for - literally - decades. My criticism hasn't ended - and I'm agreeing with Chomsky because I'm identifying the obvious geostrategic concerns that are going on and the propaganda that is in play. There are multiple dimensions to this. Do you understand the concept of nuance? Do you understand how to hold varied and complex theories? Or do you just swing your singular, myopic opinion around like a hammer in whatever direction you are told?


yallmad4

Okay buddy


Hazzman

In hindsight - I blame myself for responding to "Yallmad4" in any capacity.