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This reminds me of the Chinese revolution, where after the Communists took control of everything except Taiwan, many international organizations continued to in
by rsj_hn 4y ago
This reminds me of the Chinese revolution, where after the Communists took control of everything except Taiwan, many international organizations continued to insist that Taiwan was the actual representative of China, and Taiwan held the Chinese vote at the UN until 1971. So that's about 22 years of pretending.
I'm no fan of either communism or the chinese revolution, but I always thought that was ridiculous, that a country so big as China had no UN representation except via Taiwan, and that Taiwan held a permanent member UN security council seat.
If, for example, Russia conquers all of Ukraine, then how long will some guy sitting in London keep pretending to be the Government of Ukraine? At some point, all the social media accounts, internet registries, country codes, etc -- they have to be updated to reflect reality.
- bombcar 4y agoThat actually happens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_in_exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_in_exile is the term of art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_diplomatic_service_in_exile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_diplomatic_service_in_... is an example of basically exactly that with regards to Latvia.
- moberley 4y agoThe oldest one would probably be the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic [1] which went into exile in 1919 and unlike similar bodies from other ex-Soviet republics remained apart after 1991. 1. https://www.radabnr.org/english https://www.radabnr.org/english
- mormegil 4y agoWhat about six years until the country gets liberated again? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_government-in-exile https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_government-in-e...
- rsj_hn 4y agoYes, and I understand waiting until the war ends. And even waiting for a few years after. But at some point, you do need to accept realities. The Golan Heights, for example, has Israeli registries, phone numbers, etc. If, in the future, Syria recaptures it, they can make another adjustment.