How is he supporting the annexation of taiwan? Genuine question, I've only seen his posts around Ukraine. I don't do social media
It's in one of the previous pages in this thread.
I wasn't sure that's the angle you went with. Thanks for the clarification.
A detterent to stop china going into taiwan is good, but while the same country sells arms to taiwan, they strengthen China by topping up their coffers with trade. The same country that pushed for sanctions on Putin, do nothing about China. And I assume, maybe incorrectly, that they will only deal with china if/when they invade taiwan. Will they apply sanctions on China then?
I agree china are committing terrible inhumane acts. So why do countries/corporations get a pass for dealing with them, when Musk gets vilified for doing the same. We can't pick and choose who we do/don't like. either they're all terrible, or none of them are.
I already told you, one thing is to do trade with China, another level is to support the annexation of Taiwan.
Musk has been doing busyness with China for some time, he only got so much criticism when he said that Taiwan should just be annexed by China.
Also consider that trade and circulation of people is one of the best ways to open up a country.
The China of today is not as bad as the China of Mao, or the Russia of Stalin. So there was a hope that with trade and normal relations with China, it's regime would soften up, becoming more democratic and free.
Mind you this is what happened with Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek, was also a dictator, similar to Mao, even in communist ideology. There were even talks with the CCP and the Kuomintang about joining the two factions. Chiang was even offered a table at the CCP.
But he refused and when he died, his son was to take his place. But the people wanted democracy and freedom. He listened, abandoned his position and made Taiwan a democracy.
But unlike Taiwan and the Kuomintang, China and the CCP, choose not to change into democracy. Quite the opposite, they have radicalized.
The only way to stop slavery in China, or the most we can do in the west, is to stop providing them with a need for labour. The British Empire ended slavery before any other country, but it didn't negatively affect their financial situation. We should do the same with China. All slavery is bad.
The abolishment of slavery was basically a democratic action. Although GB was not a democracy at the time.
But the people demanded the abolishment of slavery. The British people protested, published articles, signed petitions, until the government accepted their will.
Even if all countries stopped importing from China, slavery would continue. Just not to make products for export.
The only way to abolish slavery is by decision of the people and their government. But while China is ruled by an authoritarian regime, this is not bound to happen.
I agree, but the situation with Hitler and the situation with Putin are very very different. Without going too deep, the gist is that Hitler was allowed to take bits of land because Europe had just lost 20 million men to a war and nobody wanted a repeat of that.
The method of negotiation is the same. A dictator demands compensation or threatens war.
This works if we succumb to the dictator demands. Either we stop Russia now, or he will take the whole of Ukraine. And Georgia. And then maybe Poland, Finland, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc.
Putin needs to take Ukraine for the Russian plan of expanding their sphere of influence to succeed. I'm not saying they're right or that I agree, but that's the plan they're sticking to and so far they've ticked off all of their boxes. I'm not saying we give in and just hand it over, but there has to be, there must be a point where the west says "we've done all we can, but Ukraine is lost". The only reason Ukraine isn't Russain now is because of our assistance. But if that assistance comes at the cost of Nuclear war between the west and russia, China, Iran then as harsh as it sounds, give the Ukraine to Putin.
Putin only needs to conquer it's neighbors to increase Russian influence, because he is incompetent leader.
He is the leader of a country with some of the most vast resources in the world. Has a large population. And has relatively advanced industrial capabilities.
Had he put all the money of selling oil and gas, into his country, instead of into wars, Russia could have developed as much as China since the 90´s.
But he is not the only Russian ruler in the last century that did this. Russian leaders, whenever oil prices increase and they get a big surplus, spend it on war.
We can pretty much plot all Russian wars with oil prices.
No comment. USSR isn't russia. Just like France isn't Viche france
Curiously, Russia is doing a lot of things that the USSR did.
