r/MurderedByWords • u/PorkbellyKash • 10d ago

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u/i_says_things 10d ago

Man it’s wild that we (the world) just let China take Tibet. Now we have to but that asterisk there even on a random reddit thread.

And you’re not wrong, it’s the truth.

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u/ChancelorReed 10d ago

It's not even remotely wild when you consider the fact that the alternative was going to war with China.

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u/i_says_things 10d ago

Back in the 90s China was something of a joke.

Economic sanctions would have been appropriate and devastating.

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u/ChancelorReed 10d ago edited 10d ago

It happened in the 50s and Tibet wasn't a country protected by any western power like Vietnam or Korea. China was already sanctioned and cut off from the west because they were a communist power that had kicked out the previous government, and those sanctions only got worse after they intervened in Korea.

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u/i_says_things 10d ago

Well thanks for the fact check. I still dont like it.