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> at least China hasn't invaded any countries in the name of bringing democracy to them. Tibet would like a word.
by chordalkeyboard 6y ago
> at least China hasn't invaded any countries in the name of bringing democracy to them.
Tibet would like a word.
- fakedang 6y agoI didn't say China doesn't invade places. I said they don't invade places in the name of bringing democracy. In Tibet's case, it was about "restoring" China's borders (as it is with almost all Chinese incursions today).
- AussieWog93 6y agoA large part China's justification for their expansion into Tibet was about "liberating" the locals from a pretty harsh caste-based monarchy system. Not exactly bringing democracy, but not far off it.
- inglor_cz 6y agoYes, whenever you talk to a Chinese apologist about Tibet, the pre-1950 theocracy always gets trotted out. Well, true, but that still does not give you a right to invade and rule another nation.
- beaunative 6y agolikewise, ...
- stjohnswarts 6y agoThey replaced a dictatorship with a dictatorship, I would say that's not a good thing and not even close to democratization. Not that it has worked out well for western powers either.
- WalterSear 6y agoThe US replaces dictatorships with dictatorships in the name of democracy all the time. It has also replaced democracies with dictatorships in the name of democracy.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoThe modern equivalent is them trying to take over the South China sea so that they control all shipping through there as well. They just a bit too late to join in the colonization frenzy, but they would just have surely done it as any western country if they would have been in a position to do so. Humans are humans and by and large act the same way.
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