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How the right U.S. chip strategy can keep Taiwan free
- robertn702 2y agohttps://archive.ph/hJm8g https://archive.ph/hJm8g
- throwaway5959 2y agoWhy is it always the U.S.’s responsibility for this kind of stuff? I’m supportive of an independent Taiwan, but it’d be great if Europe and other parts of the world that benefit from their independence could step up and help out.
- oldpersonintx 2y ago[dead]
- beardyw 2y agoTo play devils advocate, does Europe really benefit from Taiwan's independence? I would say only because the US has picked this fight to protect it's own industries. Without the fight there would be little difference. To be clear I very much defend Taiwan's right to independence. My argument is with your logic.
- throwaway5959 2y agoDo you like using computers and phones? If so an independent Taiwan is aligned with your interests. Unless you’re suggesting that the US is the reason why China wants to take over Taiwan, which is a level of contorted logic to blame the US I haven’t seen yet.
- lizardking 2y agoBecause nobody else wants to foot the bill to maintain the emp—err, I mean the rules-based international order. They have social safety nets they need to pay for.
- pfannkuchen 2y agoIsn’t Taiwan like if the American confederates had fled to Hawaii* after losing the war and were running their own country there? How would people react if America was not happy about that situation? *Pretend that Hawaii was already part of the USA prior to the civil war for better apples/apples-ness.
- iwontberude 2y agoWasn't aware that the Taiwanese had slave plantations
- lizardking 2y agoIt would be more like if the Confederates won, took over the entire land mass, and what was left of the Union fled to an Island to form an independent government. Our adversaries would probably support the breakaway government to whatever extent they could get away with it.
- Terr_ 2y agoSo, leaving aside the implicit value-judgement over which side of the US civil war ended up in which spot... Kinda? > *Pretend that Hawaii was already part of the USA prior to the civil war for better apples/apples-ness. Was briefly concerned about that, yeah. 1865 it was the Hawaiian Kingdom, an nominally independent monarchy, and I don't think either the Union or the Confederacy believed it was "part of the nation" or had revanchist plans to make it that way.