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You're assuming the population of Taiwan views itself in the same position vis a vis CCP as the government of Taiwan does, which is not a historically probable
by puffoflogic 4y ago
You're assuming the population of Taiwan views itself in the same position vis a vis CCP as the government of Taiwan does, which is not a historically probable claim, for all that the situation is quite complex.
- hammock 4y agoAs far as I can see no one in this thread was taking about “the government of Taiwan” (a complicated term in itself), just the people of Taiwan.
- VincentEvans 4y agoTaiwan is a legitimate and robust representative democracy and can quite simply vote itself right into joining with the mainland. The fact that it’s not doing just that tells us that there isn’t a basis to claim that the wishes of populace are not taken into an account by the government. (And they have in fact just voted in a more pro-China government, so the comment may have a short shelf life). And not speaking to you directly, but contributing to the general discussion - US opposes China taking over Taiwan using force specifically. If Taiwan were to willingly join with China, one can imagine some conspiracy scenarios, but setting conspiracies aside, there isn’t anything anyone can and will do to prevent it.