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[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · 13h ago

As an aside, it’s pretty noteworthy that even in a sample that voted anti-DPP in the same ratios as the actual electorate, you still get these results on the question of unification/independence:

7. Some people say, “If Taiwan could still maintain peaceful relations with the PRC after declaring independence, then Taiwan should establish a new, independent country”. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Values Categories n percentage 1 Strongly agree 162 13.4% 2 Agree 515 42.7% 3 Disagree 306 25.4% 4 Strongly disagree 120 10.0% 95 Refuse to answer 11 0.9% 96 It depends 7 0.6% 97 No opinion 20 1.7% 98 Don't know 65 5.4% 9. Some people say, “If the economic, social, and political conditions were about the same in both mainland China and Taiwan, then the two sides should unify” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Values Categories n percentage 1 Strongly agree 34 2.8% 2 Agree 299 24.8% 3 Disagree 615 51.0% 4 Strongly disagree 148 12.3% 95 Refuse to answer 12 1.0% 96 It depends 14 1.2% 97 No opinion 18 1.5% 98 Don't know 66 5.5% Frequency : 1206 100% 10. Some people say, “Even if the gap between the economic, social, and political conditions in mainland China and Taiwan is quite large, the two sides should still unify.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Values Categories n percentage 1 Strongly agree 12 1.0% 2 Agree 134 11.1% 3 Disagree 686 56.9% 4 Strongly disagree 262 21.7% 95 Refuse to answer 13 1.1% 96 It depends 10 0.8% 97 No opinion 14 1.2% 98 Don't know 75 6.2% Frequency : 1206 100%
[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · 13h ago

It might just be more an American primary thing; when National Chengchi University took their 2024 post-election survey for Taiwan, their sample actually voted for the different candidates/parties in nearly the exact same proportions as the actual election.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think a lot of these folks at least subconsciously perceive Taiwan as splitting off from a unified Chinese state, rather than the Chinese Civil War being between two new states/statelets fighting over the corpse of the previous empire (which didn’t even control Taiwan when it collapsed!).

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

OK, where is this bizarre idea that Taiwan = The Southern US Confederacy come from? I presume from the PRC and people who know literally nothing about Taiwan in 2026 beyond low-effort slop for the tankie trough?

[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · 3w ago

Broke: Religion is evil because it makes the faithful do evil things. Woke: Religion is not fundamentally evil; it depends on how the faithful interpret it. Bespoke: Religion is evil because the faithful are evil.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 3w ago

“New atheists” like Hitchens, Harris, and Dawkins, are actually in complete agreement with Trump-supporting evangelical Protestants on the most important point, which is the belief that the more bare-faced literal reading of scriptural texts is the only possible one.

[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · 4w ago

As a UFCW guy, I will say at least at my workplace, Gender is very much a thing in this regard: the women are generally not MAGA, but I’m pretty sure some of the men would still at least defend voting for Trump in 2024.

Who Up Socializing Their Summit, MSW (NOT A MAN)@acabcalloway.bsky.social · 4w ago

"most union members are MAGA voters when you disregard [checks notes] members of the four largest unions in the US" is a truly bonkers take.

[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · last mo.

Also, as someone currently cheering for zero teams in the World Cup, critical support for Trump‘s efforts to destroy both FIFA’s final shreds of credibility and all remaining chance of his administration winning any international soft power (with bonus points if the 2034 World Cup gets cancelled).

[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · last mo.

One could argue that Platner would still probably be a better floor vote than Collins, but I’m pretty sure the same can already be said of the likes of Mr. “Literal Brain Damage” and Mr. “Was Literally Pardoned by Donald J. Trump”. Which is to all say, tschüß, Oberführer von Auster!

[Display Name Here]@whatusername.bsky.social · last mo.

That said, I do think ”rather outdated” is a fair criticism to make, given that most relatively well-functioning democracies have shinier constitutions that lack a lot of our own’s clear flaws.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · last mo.

I think it is just a really strange take to conclude that the world's longest standing written constitution, which also happens to be the constitution of its most powerful and prosperous country, is a "remarkable failure." 'It's not perfect' - sure. But a failure? Uh, scoreboard?