Comments by "Vale Tudo" (@valetudo1569) on "Another US delegation meets Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, soon after Pelosi visit" video.
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@Dept246 I'm aware of the history. I think it's a little more complex than that.. .as you have different factions and opinions within each political group. I think the vast majority of Taiwanese people feel "nobody belongs to anybody" rather than the extreme stances of "Mainland belongs to ROC" or "Taiwan belongs to the PRC"
Taiwanese people have a different way of life, different values, completely different government system.....and they've had it for 70 years. This means they have their own passport, currency, political system, trade agreements, diplomats, social habits, etc etc
To uproot all of that now, to disregard the people...and force them under the PRC, just because now the PRC feels it's strong enough to take it....just feels, deeply inhumane and cruel.
It also begs the question - when is a country it's own country? Could Taiwan go on like this for 100, 200, 300 years - and it still be claimed by China as it's own?
There is no set rule for this, and obviously there are a lot of different opinions. I personally feel that if a country goes so long that it develops all of these things, that it is it's own country.
I feel the PRC missed it's opportunity to rightfully take back Taiwan shortly after the communist revolution, and that doing so now by force will have justifiable consequences. That is just my opinion though
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