https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/623899209993781248/argumate-easternestablishmentarian https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/623899209993781248/argumate... is a real

https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/623899209993781248/argumate-easternestablishmentarian https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/623899209993781248/argumate... is a really good post about this. Here’s the money quote: “Naïve Westerners who want to know when China is just going to give into common sense and recognize Taiwan might as well ask when Rome is going to canonize Luther or Calvin. It’s not like the American party system, where American political parties are mostly just vehicles for people to raise money and get elected and don’t have any permanent long-term strategy measured in centuries. There’s real metaphysics here.”