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minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoOkay, so, are you saying that Taiwan does not have its own government that decides about its things?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·1 month agono, i’m saying taiwan is controlled by western interests. not very unlike my own country.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 month agoSo, in your own country you don’t have a government that decides about what happens in your country?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-21 month agohaving a government doesn’t make a country free. many africans would like a word, mostly against the french.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 month agoWe were talking about sovereignty here, not freedom.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoyou need freedom to have sovereignty
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat would mean that China is not sovereign 🤔
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoonly if you misrepresent it
Okay, so, are you saying that Taiwan does not have its own government that decides about its things?
no, i’m saying taiwan is controlled by western interests. not very unlike my own country.
So, in your own country you don’t have a government that decides about what happens in your country?
having a government doesn’t make a country free.
many africans would like a word, mostly against the french.
We were talking about sovereignty here, not freedom.
you need freedom to have sovereignty
That would mean that China is not sovereign 🤔
only if you misrepresent it
Misrepresent what?