• ManixT@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    If you think these two things are even remotely the same, you’re not thinking critically at all.

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      You’re right, they’re not comparable, China hasn’t engaged in military action for the past 50 years whereas the US hasn’t stopped being at war in that same period of time and has just some weeks ago started bombing another sovereign country from its surrounding military bases

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        Stay on topic - China is literally surrounding Taiwan with multiple military exercises, making threatening comments, intentionally ramming ships with their ‘coast guard’ in other another country’s territory, making imperialistic claims to territory that doesn’t belong to them in the south china sea; they are an imperialistic aggressor and these actions should be called out just like the inexcusable US actions should be called out. Neither is acceptable and I absolutely call out the US too. I’m not even anti-communist; I’m anti-imperialist and authoritarian. Something that unfortunately you tankies put together in one package and are unwilling to critically think about.

        Btw, China has absolutely engaged in military action in the past 50 years and you need to educate yourself.

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          Ok ok, all nations are equally bad in your head because China could hypothetically do something (this propaganda has been going on for 20 years). Everything is possible when you make shit up!

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              You just won’t accept that US military bases (which are being used TODAY to bomb sovereign nations) are by orders of magnitude a bigger threat to China than whatever patrolling China is doing around Taiwan

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                Would it be an escalation if the held war games directly on the chinese coast while making demands they submit their country to the US?

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                  Taiwan literally does this lmao

                  This is the official territorial claim of the Republic of China (Taiwan), they literally claim that mainland China belongs to them (together with the entirety of Mongolia and several chunks from other countries). Taiwan is literally TODAY carrying out military drills in coordination with the US

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                    I am familiar with the history of the ROC, but let’s be real - Taiwan has existed as an independent nation for a long time now and those land claims are bogus.

                    Those military drills are also literally in Taiwan to help prepare for a chinese invasion of their land. What a weird thing to compare to what China is doing.