Nah, just think people who are ignorant of their own laws should think more before they make their ignorance more widely known.

International law is what the CCP claims gives them the right. So no, I am not implying, I am stating it is relevant. Even if you disagree with the law, how do you expect this to be resolved peacefully without international law?

Let me guess, you don’t think they have a legal claim to the island under UN law?

I mean wasn’t it largely peaceful in the past? From China’s perspective they only need to act if Taiwan or other countries make public statements challenging their legal claim to the island, it is better for China to wait as the power dynamics are shifting in their favor. It is only the west that wants to force this issue to come to head now, while they still have a comparative advantage - but even now if China wants Taiwan there is little we can do keep that from happening (though the humanitarian cost would be staggering and likely hurt their standing internationally).

Edit: I also don’t see why mainland would suddenly pivot on the issue, there’s seems very little reason to expect them to change course.

The primary enabler of fascism is the belief that it is inevitable.

You didn’t define authoritarianism or specifically say how it is so in this case, leaving us to guess and you to say we guessed wrong.

And maybe the half bottle of wine I drank. But I definitely didn’t do it on purpose.

… Yes I said I wouldn’t mind if something terrible happened to her, but that isn’t a motive.

Well that and the Father saying he wouldn’t feel bad if something terrible happened to her because he has two better behaved daughters.

Sure, but why is he the alternative we should bring up?

This was a distraction from Venezuela, which was a distraction from Epstein, which was a distraction from the fact we elected this guy twice.

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If they are allowed to train on OSS code then the same is true of proprietary code, they use the same legal mechanisms. Get your code off GitHub…

You require documentation so you can check if they have a criminal past. If there’s no documentation then treat them like someone on parole and give them an ankle monitor. It’s not rocket science, we just our politicians’ job security depends on not fixing problems.

And he encouraged others to do so. It is almost like this is a bigger issue for women or girls for some reason. I’m probably sexist for noticing.

People become more tribal under scarcity conditions and the scarcity is largely artificial.

The United States has negotiated “Pax Silica” so that it doesn’t need Taiwan for chips…

I guess they would just kidnap, I mean “capture”, the president of Taiwan to be charged in their courts. No need to invade, it’s just “law enforcement” without a warrant like what Trump is doing now.

And pax silica will lessen the geopolitical fallout by ensuring there is fab redundancy outside of Taiwan.

I do wonder if they had a referendum whether this war would have been avoided. Maybe I’m just being idealistic but even if Crimea had voted to stay with Ukraine then that would have at least gone a long way to show it isn’t simply the will of the hegemon. Or if Crimea had voted to go independent then the international community could create a new security agreement.

Yes, that is good of China to not act like the USA. Which is why it is concerning when they start to act like a more competent version of the USA.