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The notepad++ author has publicly come out in favor of Taiwanese independence.
by stackghost 8mo ago
The notepad++ author has publicly come out in favor of Taiwanese independence.
- permo-w 8mo agoTaiwan is already independent. Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China?
- stackghost 8mo ago>Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China? I suppose, though that's not really how I tend to see it phrased on socials or in the media.
- litbear2022 8mo agoBefore Trump set his sights on Greenland, Denmark also considered Kosovo to be independent.
- sb057 8mo ago>Taiwan is already independent. That is a very controversial statement, and one that both Taipei and Beijing disagree with.
- deleted 8mo ago[deleted]
- Supermancho 8mo agoControversy doesn't change the reality. Stating that Taiwan is not independent is political posturing. Look to French Guiana, which is not independent.
- ivankabiden 8mo ago[dead]
- fc417fc802 8mo agoTaipei only disagrees because they're under threat. Doublespeak should generally be called out. Taiwan lives under perpetual fear of occupation and forced assimilation.
- smuhakg 8mo agoThe official position of Taiwan (Republic of China) and the People's Republic of China is that they're rival governments of the same China. The Taiwanese government has never formally declared itself independent from the mainland. Such a declaration would likely cause the PRC to invade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Consensus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Consensus
- permo-w 8mo agoNonetheless, de facto, they are independent. And if you'd glance back at my comment, I deliberately referred to it as "assimilating with mainland China" to pay lip service to them seeing themselves as the true government of China, in an attempt to avoid this very nitpick.
- sMarsIntruder 8mo agoDe facto sed non de iure
- humanlity 8mo ago[dead]