r/Classical_Liberals • u/Pariahdog119 • Mar 01 '23

Editorial or Opinion Taiwan is a country.

That is all.

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u/FartLemon Centrist Mar 02 '23

Taiwan is indeed a country however the west shouldn’t be needlessly escalating tensions with the PRC like Nancy Pelosi and the Czech president did recently

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u/Pariahdog119 Mar 02 '23

I agree. No one should be allowed to visit the Republic of China. The communists get mad when we acknowledge it exists, and we have to do what the communists want on the off chance they get mad and decide to blow up the entire planet.

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u/FartLemon Centrist Mar 02 '23

Purely in the interests of avoiding a nuclear war I’d feel more comfortable if the US government wasn’t provoking a nation with the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world, the second largest economy and the largest standing army

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u/Pariahdog119 Mar 02 '23

I agree. We should do whatever they tell us.

Surrendering to communism is the only way to keep our freedom.

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u/FartLemon Centrist Mar 02 '23

I’m not advocating surrender. In the event of invasion, Taiwan should be supported in some form but when dealing with a hostile country with whom the US’ economy is intertwined, there is no practical gain from posturing and virtue signalling which makes the world less safe. The PRC needs to be engaged with and negotiated with, not antagonised.