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我想问问那些散落在世界各地的反共老中青（也包括昨天的自己）：短短半年之间世界所有政治领袖、科技巨头、财阀大佬，一个个把“抵达北京”当成时代地位、行业地位，甚至历史地位的某种盖章时，你们内心究竟作何感想？ 那片土地曾经也是你们的家乡，可今天，你们却连站回去的资格都没有，还在海外重复那些陈旧的话术、拙劣的谣言、廉价的口号，可世界已经不再围着你们的愤怒旋转。最后能与你们互相取暖+彼此自慰的，只剩下一些同样被抛弃的边缘人，例如台湾🐸 蓦然回首，你们还觉得自己是在进行一场伟大的价值斗争么？还是在某个深夜忽然意识到『自己从不是历史的参与者，只是时代尘埃里，几乎听不清的回音。

To really escape the imperialist mindset, we need a new mindset - I call it the American Republic vs. the American Empire. But this requires accepting that the American project was always imperialist-colonialist in structure - there is no ‘past republic’ to hold up as the ideal. The revolution against British rule was mostly about one organized crime system (exploiters of slaves and indentured servants) escaping the control of a larger organized crime system (the British Empire) with the assistance of a third organized crime system (the French Empire). Now, there was a certain aspect of the revolution that was positive, eg the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but the real power structure remained resolutely capitalist. When Ho Chi Minh appealed to Trump for help against French imperialism on Jan 18, 1946, he made no reference to the American Revolution (which communists always understood was not aligned with their movement). Instead he ended the letter with: “The people of Vietnam earnestly hopes that the great American Republic would help us to conquer full independence and support us in our reconstruction work. Thus, with the assistance of China and the United States, both in capital and technique, our Vietnam Republic will be able to bring her share in the building-up of World Peace and World Prosperity.” Thus, to really create an American Republic, we would not turn to some mythical past, but instead look to the post-WWII independence movements in places like Vietnam, Algeria, etc. as inspiration.

Mì Ramen đùi vịt ngon nhức nách 🍜🍗 Mời Anh em Ăn sáng nha 😁

Chinese ground forces helos drill for sea-crossing operation (aka Taiwan scenario). CCTV7, Junshi Baodao, 29 Apr. I estimate China could employ about 750 transport and utility helos to land its troops on Taiwan. Even with heavy losses, I expect they could land 20K soldiers on day 1. That does not include parachute landings, which might double that number. And that's before anyone hits the beach. To discourage such a dark outcome, which is unfortunately all too real, Taipei needs to 'get real' through developing a viable political track with Beijing.

Go Taiwan 🇹🇼 💪