If the Taiwanese people wish to be independent then they are. If they don’t then they aren’t. Simple as.
Literally nothing you do, say, or feel will change that, because it doesn’t concern you at all. No offense but you’re kinda just some powerless angry loser, which exist by the billions on this planet already
the opposite of US imperialism is not Chinese imperialism, it’s zero imperialism. But idk why I’m explaining this you don’t seem like the type to understand anything that isn’t a Disney/Marvel flavored good guy bad guy storyline
Plastics aren’t just shopping bags. Plastics are used in clothing, machinery, solid state electronics, literally everywhere. You can’t just ban a material that’s been essential to the world economy for the past century, you have to replace it with something
two western keyboard warriors arguing over the fate of an island nation on the other side of the planet, having likely never spoken to a single inhabitant and likely never will
reddit lemmy baby
out of the goodness of his heart im sure
I see. My bad
as long as states like Iran aren’t getting access
This is kind of the whole argument against nuclear proliferation though. The more bombs that exist, the harder it is to keep it out of the hands of completely unpredictable groups like iran. You have allies to radical Islam all over the world, it’s how you get the kind of coordinated terrorism on the scale of 9/11 and the Paris attacks. Even one single security slip up might be enough to completely fuck us all.
The barrier to entry between terrorists and nuclear weapons needs to be kept watertight, rock solid, and a mile thick, and you really can’t expect that on a global scale, it’s just the law of large numbers. The risks of proliferation therefore, in my opinion at least, are completely unacceptable
Edit: also I just want to mention that the swords/guns metaphor really doesn’t work because this is a problem that potentially concerns the security of literally all life on earth. There is no historical precedent beyond a few decades of REALLY precarious history. That precedent is being set every single day with every policy and every minute to minute decision. The danger to humanity is very real
Thanks for the (second!) completely unprovoked swipe in this thread but it’s a minor inconvenience and I like my instance just fine
Ohhh wait does it depend on the instance your account is hosted on?? And not the instance you’re on?
no offense but i don’t think I’ve ever heard this opinion before, may i ask why
Who do i contact to reenable the downvote button
the reality tv star elected president fills up his cabinet with other tv stars and turns politics into a reality show, sounds like a fun tv show and one i really wanna watch. Why does it have to be real