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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months ago

Trump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’

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Trump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 11 months ago
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Trump’s interview with Bloomberg will call into question Washington’s support for the island democracy should he win back the White House
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  • The Bard in GreenA
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    I don’t disagree.

    But that doesn’t change anything I said. The US does not have a monopoly on assholery.

    EDIT: Who would downvote this other than sockpuppet accounts controlled by OP? Maybe some idiot tankies, I guess. lol.

    • @AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml
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      But that doesn’t change anything I said

      You said nothing.

      • The Bard in GreenA
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    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      Yet, US is the asshole that’s coming half way across the world to meddle in another country’s internal affairs. It’d be akin to China funding and arming an independence movement in Texas.

      • The Bard in GreenA
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        It’d be akin to China funding and arming an independence movement in Texas.

        No, it would be akin to China funding and arming the US if England decided to say “Hey, you used to be English! We think you still are. We plan to come over there and replace your government. Also, we’re murdering our own citizens if they strongly disagree with this policy.”

        Are you gonna deny that? It’s a SUPER bad look.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          Taiwan is literally a province of China as even US acknowledges. The SUPER bad look is to try and justify the interference by burger empire in other countries.

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            I talk to people there everyday. Taiwan doesn’t WANT to be a province of China and anyone who thinks it should be is a dick (and probably a sock puppet for the Chinese Communist Party - it’s gonna be pretty hard to keep doing your job here without looking just like one of those). End of discussion.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              I talk to people there everyday.

              Wait till you find out about the concept of selection bias.

              Meanwhile, ideas don’t form in a vacuum. US had political capture of Taiwan for many decades drowning it in its propaganda. US interference in Taiwan politics and media is very well documented. US has poured countless millions into shaping the opinions of the people in Taiwan through orgs like NED, it directly grooms US politicians such as Tsai Ing-Wen. This is what’s known as cultural hegemony.

              • US National Endowment for Democracy - REMARKS PREPARED BY NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY PRESIDENT CARL GERSHMAN AND READ BY ANDREW NATHAN AT TECRO DINNER WITH TAIWAN PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN (2019): https://www.ned.org/remarks-prepared-by-national-endowment-for-democracy-president-carl-gershman-and-read-by-andrew-nathan-at-tecro-dinner-with-taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen/
              • US National Endowment for Democracy - TAIWAN PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN HONORS PRESIDENT OF NED CARL GERSHMAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (2019): https://www.ned.org/taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-honors-ned-human-rights-day/
              • US National Endowment for Democracy - REMARKS BY CARL GERSHMAN UPON RECEIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL IN TAIWAN: https://www.ned.org/taiwans-destiny/

              Sunflower Movement Leader Lin Fei-fan’s Associations with the US NED

              • Taipei Times - Beijing using free market to influence Taiwanese media, US symposium told (2013): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/02/2003556088
              • The Diplomat - Sunflowers End Occupation of Taiwan’s Legislature (archived, 2014): http://web.archive.org/web/20140411235449/https://thediplomat.com/2014/04/sunflowers-end-occupation-of-taiwans-legislature/
              • Taiwan News - Former Sunflower Movement activists join DPP, Lin Fei-fan pledges to help DPP win election, prevent pro-Beijing forces from taking power (2019): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3744833

              Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s regular Reporting to AIT

              • Wikileaks - TSAI ING-WEN COMMENTS ON DPP TURMOIL (2005): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05TAIPEI4870_a.html
              • Wikileaks - DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CHALLENGES FACING PARTY AND U.S. ARMS SALES (2008): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08TAIPEI892_a.html
              • Wikileaks - DIRECTOR’S FAREWELL CALL ON DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN (2009): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09TAIPEI754_a.html

              However, despite all that, the overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan want to maintain the status quo. The desire for Taiwanese independence has experienced a significant drop over the past three years, with only 25.3% of people who want to “move toward independence” or seeking “independence as soon as possible” - down from nearly one-third - 32.4% - in 2020.

              https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/eng/PageDoc?fid=7424

              So yea, end of discussion. You’re a peddler of imperialism and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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