Since we're playing this game:
Israel serves as a method of power projection for the US in the Middle East; A region very rich in valuable oil, and home to nations who oppose US global hegemony.
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The Edward Snowden leaks and PRISM
But the nation of China wasn't founded on genocide. The US was. Without the genocide of the Native Americans, there would be no US.
Were the Chinese Imperial dynasties the same thing as the PRC is now?
In the idea that is is "China"? Yes. Same country, different government. The USA was an invention of the 18th century. China has been around for thousands. Regardless, "the amount of time" land has been controlled is a pretty nonsensical way to determine rightful possession of land. The map I made was mocking the original by applying the same logic to the US, given the guy making the original tweet supports the US.
The US's illegitimacy draws not from how long they've existed, but the fact is was founded by Europeans who slaughtered those you lived here prior and forced this onto the least useful plots of land, the ~~Ghettos~~ Reservations. The problem is that many modern Americans refuse to accept that maybe their righteous civil religion may have been founded on blood for the blood god.
The tweet's caption along with the circles+text try and deny Chinese Sovereignty over historical territory based arbitrarily on how long they have controlled it. This comparison is being made by a supporter of the US. The US has possessed it's entire territory for a span of time shorter that was on this map is considered "Not Really China", thus the US has no real claim to it's territory by their logic. The big difference is that China isn't a settler colony who genocided an indigenous population to exist, unlike the US.
Since we're playing this game:
That wasn't the point being made. The Democrats won't let healthcare be free. If they did, they would no longer be able to dangle it in front of us to keep convincing us the Democrats are a "working class" party. It's a scheme to get re-elected and keep the facade of "Liberal Democracy", nothing more.
I wonder if the Palestinian child on the other end of the missile cares if it was sent by a Democrat or Republican president.
Maybe that has to do with the west making it their primary goal in the 40's-90's to sink the Union that was capable of providing good living to it's people and replace it with a balkanized federation run by oligarchs where a woman's only stable job was prostitution.
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I at no point claimed the PRC were angels. The entire point was that One-Party States do not inherently kill more people or are more repressive. I don't necessarily like Deng Xiaoping theory and the current socialist system in China, but to claim that it's on the same level of or worse than the United States is absurd. I also have no idea why you think the KMT would lead China better than the CPC.
Btw the KMT also ran a one-party state at the time before, during, and for decades after the Chinese Civil War.
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What, do you think they just stopped? They would have no reason to break their partnership so it's reasonable to assume it's still ongoing.