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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
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[โ€“] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one of these states is an authoritarian piece of shit, and it's definitely not Taiwan.

Tell that to the indigenous people of Taiwan. I bet they'd love to hear about how they genocide was "non-authoritarian".

[โ€“] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

40-ish years of military dictatorship, but they made a 228 park so it's okay