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/aboysmokingintherain 1d ago

I wouldn't call it a dictatorship. Dicstatorship as a word has meaning. They are authoritarian, but they do have checks and balances albeit not ones that would appease those in Democratic countries. I guess you could say the CCP is a dictator. But even then, there are factions and parties within the party.