• crackajack@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    The one other one is a democracy, despite being a flawed one. The other, an unabashedly totalitarian state. And before any CCP apologists comments and nevermind what the domestic Chinese think, ask South Korea, Japan and South East Asia what they think of the Chinese Communist Party claiming the entirety of South China Sea and sending armed merchant vessels and the Chinese navy bullying other Asian fishermen in the region. Not to excuse American imperialism, but it’s clear which is the better option for many.

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      1 year ago

      Taiwan is a full democracy, not a flawed one. At least according to the widely respected Economist Democracy Index.

      Taiwan is more democratic than Canada and Germany. And a lot more than the US, but that’s not surprising.

        • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          No, but I thought it was funny someone likely from the West tried to use that argument when I suggested the idea of a weapon deployment next door might make you uneasy