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To: carranza2 who wrote (175682)	8/3/2021 8:52:26 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217648

Re <<Why would Taiwan, whose GDP per capita is about 3x that of China, wish to give up its status as one of the freest nations on Earth>> ... because Taiwan shall unlikely keep its 3x GDP of china for too many reasons, but the top one being Taiwan shall lose its semiconductor pillar by <<unceasing false propaganda>> ... you mean that which perpetuates perpetual wars and forever welfare? re <<distortion of reality>> ... you mean something about equality and fiat money and meritocracy? as to <<authoritarian government>> ... you mean authoritarian government? on <<social control, lack of civil liberties, etc>> by which you meant social order for the greater good and one liberty is another's rights infringed? particular to re <<centered around one man>> Mao, Deng, Xi? en.wikipedia.org yes, failed again and again and again, and yet. am agnostic to the extent am living in freedom HK when I can live in most places on this planet, and suspect the issues are not simple, and each domain to own with the better construct to be enjoyed or deserved by each locality, and if any sounder, little need to proselytise. General direction ought to be 'for the greater good', even as there must be pluses and minuses.