• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    At least, not until Taiwan starts using all those shiney new weapons with the expectation that they have the full support of the United States. Then there’d be an invasion.

    “There won’t be an invasion until Taiwan reacts to literal acts of war”

    1. Doubt.

    2. That’s still fucking imperialism, bootlicker.

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      Are America’s sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela acts of war? If you agree that they are then I’ll concede on that point.

      Also you really don’t understand what imperialism is, do you? Imperialism is an economic structure used to extract superprofit from imperialized nations. Annexation and integration are fundamentally different, because China has no plans to turn Taiwan into a labor/resource colony.

      When France colonized Algeria they didn’t declare Algerians to be French and grant them the full rights and privileges of French citizens. Get it?

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        Are America’s sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela acts of war?

        Sanctions? No. A blockade? Fuck yes it would be.

        Also you really don’t understand what imperialism is, do you? Imperialism is an economic structure used to extract superprofit from imperialized nations. Annexation and integration are fundamentally different, because China has no plans to turn Taiwan into a labor/resource colony.

        Ah, the “White Man’s Burden” argument, classic as far as imperialist bootlicking goes.

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          Okay, so you won’t admit the embargo is a blockade.

          Well, why wouldn’t China do the same thing? Treat Taiwan exactly the same as America treats Cuba? That seems likely to me, and actually would be clever from a propaganda standpoint since they could use this to undermine US legitimacy.