While I
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> #Taiwan, I agree that it& #39;s an open question whether it& #39;s in the US& #39;s interest to defend this place from invasion. But whatever the answer, I still think it matters that we try to accurately capture Taiwan& #39;s status in the world.
*I respect Rachel & ask for civility 1/ https://twitter.com/resplinodell/status/1306255523948494848">https://twitter.com/resplinod...
*I respect Rachel & ask for civility 1/ https://twitter.com/resplinodell/status/1306255523948494848">https://twitter.com/resplinod...
I tend to think arguments about the PRC& #39;s propaganda power are somewhat overblown (although denialism about the Uyghur camps is changing my mind). But 1 area where this propaganda has been astoundingly successful is in confusing people about what #Taiwan is & how it functions 2/
I know "quasi-nation" is meant to capture #Taiwan& #39;s geopolitical situation. But there are likely billions of people who don& #39;t know #Taiwan has a sovereign government & such a phrase only adds to that original confusion (deliberately pushed by the PRC) 3/ https://twitter.com/EliDFriedman/status/1243922170327097345?s=20">https://twitter.com/EliDFried...
#Taiwan is sui generis. There is no other place on earth that is as well-& independently governed - & integrated into the global economy - that is also so diplomatically isolated. *This* is what stands to be lost if the US won& #39;t aid Taiwan militarily, *not* a quasi-nation 4/
#Taiwan is sui generis, pt 2. #Taiwanese want to remain independent. They *like* democracy. As a skeptic (to put it mildly) of US empire, I& #39;d argue that there are no examples of recent intervention that would be analogous to defending democratic Taiwan 5/ https://twitter.com/gracejackson/status/1284264854128386050?s=20">https://twitter.com/gracejack...
#Taiwan is sui generis, pt. 3. Rachel& #39;s Tweet asks the hard questions. I& #39;m an American, too. It *isn& #39;t* obvious to me that we should go to war over uninhabited rocks + a country that China coverts in a deadly way. I don& #39;t know #Taiwan& #39;s future & what...6/ https://twitter.com/resplinodell/status/1306252582571200520?s=20">https://twitter.com/resplinod...