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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 99 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Someone post this on hexbear and send me a screenshot.

I'd do it myself but I value my sanity

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 66 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I would, but I got banned for daring to disagree with their narratives. Apparently brigading other instances and users is fine, but you have the audacity to go there and debate their lunacy, and it's ban time.

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 15 points 9 months ago

I had to block their Instance. I am very sympathetic and generally agreeable to many communist ideals but their brigading and style of that community is annoying.

[–] Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Lemmy is a pretty bad pace to be then, same thing happens here

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

They deny wholehearted they don't brigade they'll call you a liar and say that's never happened

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You could also just post on !memes@lemmy.ml, hexbear likes to hang out on there.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Lemmy.ml has its own tankie groups, btw. Hexbear is just one of a few focal points.

To each their own. However, it's convenient to know when you are getting close to some type of military demarcation line. (Stray bullets can still fly across demilitarized zones, or, you start to see pro-communist graffiti a little more often, is what I am saying.)

Still, there is no harm in tossing some meme-loaded USB drives over the border to see what happens.

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Congratulations, the .ml admins deleted it. Did they ban you too?

[–] Solaris1789@jlai.lu 8 points 9 months ago

Not so rare lemmy.ml L

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I'll have to wait and see, I haven't got a message quite yet, but I entertain myself with an appeal.

[–] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Add Tibet, Xianchang, Manchuria, as separate countries and switch Inner Mongolia to being part of Mongolia and now we're getting somewhere.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Taiwan didn't even recognize Mongolia's independence until 2002. Good luck getting the KMT to accept Tibet's or Uyghurstan's independence.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Next thing you know, Western Taiwan decides it's time to make North Korea their brand new province, because "historic grounds" or something

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[–] Professional_Human@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

White bread of Chinese balkanization right here

[–] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The meat and potatoes of Chinese imperialism.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, doesnt that kinda play into the PRC's narrative that Taiwan and China are the same country?

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The PRC and RoC share a lot of the same territorial disputes because they both view themselves as the one rightful Chinese government; they largely agree which land is "part of China". It's taking Taiwan's side because it's saying they should administer all of it.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't Taiwan largely still do this in the modern day because revoking those claims would be equivalent to declaring its formal independence as a separate country, which is something China has threatened would be met with invasion?

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

I feel like "say this or I punch your teeth in" kind of takes some of the legitimacy out of the statement, don't you?

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[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How to piss off the PRC with one pic.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

I think it's just RoC by then

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Q: How do you determine who is cheating in the online game you're playing?

A: Declare that Taiwan is best China. All the cheaters will start screaming.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

kinda weird to say all Chinese citizens are cheaters. and by weird I mean OVERTLY RACIST.

fuck the CCP but all 1.4 billion Chinese people are my homies. I aint gonna sit and listen to some little shit on lemmy call my homies cheaters

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Their culture literally encourages cheating. Is it racist to say things that are fucking true?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How does it do that? Could you explain?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

能骗就骗

"If you can cheat, then cheat."

From education to business, cheating is seen as fair play by a huge majority of people. And things like their stupid ass social credit system don't help things, when getting ahead can literally be the difference between life and death.

[–] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

That’s just how the economy works in literally every country ever, sounds to me like the Chinese are just honest about it

[–] Sophia7Inches@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

It's just blatant racism, why is it being upvoted

[–] avrachan@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

is it racist to imply that it is only the chineese who cheat at online games?

who knows

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

It's somewhat racist, but it's also got some truth to it. Anywhere internet cafés are a thing cheating tends to be more popular. They're usually not using their own account, so there is no risk to cheating. Internet cafés are prevalent in China and Russia, so there's a stereotype of them being cheaters. That's not to say they all do it, but it's more likely than most other places.

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

indeed there is only one china

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[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Why people in the west care about this territorial conflict.

It is clearly a strategic conflict for USA and allies to keep China at distance and reduce their ability to move further.

But for people to keep talking about it like it is a ( good vs evil ) feels like propganda by USA military or something.

If we imagine a world where china without Nuclear weapons, so Nato can stop them anytime, I dont think the USA media will care about them.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because a global power engaging in aggressive colonialism is bad - even when it's not the US doing it.

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Why shouldn't we care about the land and people they said they'd take by force if need be? Really?

[–] sirmanleypower@lemmy.one 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty clear that having a strategic partner in that part of the world is a net positive for western counties. Also Taiwan supplies a huge fraction of our computer chips.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

That they managed to utterly dominate the chipmaking market and use that as a leverage to make allies was a real master move. The pandemic and the whole supply chain troubles giving a wake up call that "all eggs in one basket" is bad sure got them worried, tho.

[–] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 9 months ago

Because Taiwan makes most of the computer chips we use, and the US definitely has a vested interest in China not obtaining that knowledge.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Nah, Taiwan only avoids forsaking these claims because doing so would be interpreted as a formal declaration of independence, prompting an invasion.

[–] ira@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

Ok but this is literally true, broth the PRC and the ROC claim to be the real china

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 months ago

but also remove all the borders

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

Why are you including Tibet in that?

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago
[–] notabotactually@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

I'm so sick of this"West Taiwan" crap. It plays into the PRC narrative that China and Taiwan are inseparable. Most Taiwanese just want to live their lives without needing to worry about China invading. The official ROC territorial claims remain in part due to the 2005 Anti-Secession law of the PRC. The law provides a legal mandate to invade if Taiwan were to declare formal independence. In general the only people in Taiwan who want to govern China are older nationalists.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 6 points 9 months ago

Hahah this is perfect 😂

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