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minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·4 days agono, i’m saying taiwan is controlled by western interests. not very unlike my own country.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·4 days 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-24 days agohaving a government doesn’t make a country free. many africans would like a word, mostly against the french.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·3 days agoWe were talking about sovereignty here, not freedom.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoyou need freedom to have sovereignty
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThat would mean that China is not sovereign 🤔
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agoonly if you misrepresent it
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?