‘Chasing Dreams’, an eight-part series aired on state TV, features testimony from dozens of soldiers
  • @SIGSEGV@waveform.socialEnglish
    32•2 years ago

    What are they expecting to happen if they attack Taiwan? They’ll start the next world war. There isn’t a reality where the West is going to let them have it, regardless of how effective their “precision strikes” or suicidal their lunatics are.

      • @Longpork_afficianado@lemmy.nz
        20•2 years ago

        The average citizen probably isnt informed enough to know how critical taiwanese manufacturing is to nearly all Western electronics, but I doubt that level of strategic importance is lost to the politicians who will be making the decision.

        • @Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.org
          2•2 years ago

          The thing is that semi fab are extremely fragile. For example, there was a Samsung memory fab where a few minutes of electricity black out killed months of production.

          Basically it is impossible to protect Taiwan’s fab. Those fab, by being the best in the world, are actually Taiwan’s best line of defense. As soon as they lose this advantage, they are doomed.

      • @SIGSEGV@waveform.socialEnglish
        11•2 years ago

        I see what you’re saying, but it is really easy to drum up support, especially with how effective the media has become at manipulating public opinion. I’ve seen the US go to war over much less in my life.

        • @SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•2 years ago

          True, Iraq and Afghanistan became deeply unpopular. I guess they could drum up enough anti-China sentiment for a few years.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]English
      3•2 years ago

      They don’t need to invade Taiwan. Taiwan will naturally gravitate towards the winning horse as we are seeing with many other countries around the world. Obviously for countries like Taiwan and South Korea this will be harder as they are essentially just gigantic US army bases, but it will happen.

      If a war does occur over Taiwan you can bet that it will be instigated by the US.

  • @AnyProgressIsGood@lemmy.world
    13•2 years ago

    You go to amazing lengths to ignore the argument.

    Do the Taiwanese wanna be ruled by genocidal authoritarians? Nope

    the end…

    Pro human decency tip. Ya can’t impose your will on people. Maybe that’s the concept you fail at grasping

  • Dolores [love/loves]English
    11•2 years ago

    soldiers are blockheaded idiots, more at 11. imagine fetishizing your own agonizing death getting shredded or drowning on some awful beach fighting your countrymen. couldn’t be me.

    all power to the peaceful reunification of China mao-clap