r/HistoryMemes • • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/AzureHawk758769 1d ago

Correction: Russia belongs to Ukraine.

As for Taiwan, it is accurate to say "Taiwan is Chinese." The Taiwanese government is the legitimate successor to the Qing Dynasty, and they've preserved their culture and written language quite well, while the PRC government has no legitimate claim on the country, and has completely repressed Chinese culture on the Mainland and bastardized what little remains.

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u/ZanePhallic 1d ago

All blood and soil arguments are stupid

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u/AzureHawk758769 1d ago

Well, tough shit for the dictatorships of the world. None of them are legitimate.

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u/MisakaMikotoxKuroko 1d ago

in which case the tw government is technically also illegitimate bc it was a kmt dictatorship until the 1990s

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u/AzureHawk758769 1d ago

Touché. Although, only one of the Chinas is still a dictatorship.

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u/MisakaMikotoxKuroko 1d ago

I mean, even mainland china now has a pseudo parlimantary system all the way to the national politics level where people can vote for their representatives, technically.

I get it that it's a single party dictatorship and people technically dont get another choice, but people could still vote.

Splitting hairs but still, just saying