Also, the capital of the ROC has never been Taipei. It’s Nanjing.

I said “the government in Taipei”. They’re in Taipei, even if that’s not their de jure capital.

It’s technically a civil war between the Republic of China and the communist uprising.

Yes, that’s the war I’m talking about.

Taiwan continues to be controlled by the government of the Republic of China. Mainland China is controlled by the Communist uprising.

(At least, that’s how the government in Taipei would describe it. The government in Beijing would describe it differently.)

what you’re saying is not technically accurate. China and Taiwan have NEVER been at war.

I said mainland China and Taiwan. They are both part of China. They are two different parts of China fighting a civil war for control of the whole of China. (Technically.)

Reminder that mainland China and Taiwan are technically still at war.

When you post on Lemmy, you can set a language tag that will steer your post towards people who speak the language.

(English speakers rarely set a tag for their posts, because we arrogantly expect everyone to know English, and if they don’t, we’ll try speaking again louder.)

Shame on you for supporting a mass murdering, civilian butchering, raping, children bombing, war regime.

Please stick to the topic instead of bringing up Kamala Harris.

I’ve seen people on Lemmy call the Pope a Russian asset, and they didn’t appear to be joking.

It’s the frickin’ BBC, you useless bot.

BRB, moving to Victoria Australia.

Just so we’re clear, bail is a temporary release from imprisonment while you’re awaiting trial. And the bail money is a deposit that you get back when you attend trial.

The purpose of lodging the bail money is to give you an incentive to attend trial, and the judge will consider your income when they decide the bail amount. A rich person might have to post more bail than a poorer person.

The last time I saw this question asked on reddit, the OP thought paying bail was an alternative to serving prison time if you’re found guilty of a crime.

This story is an unsourced blog post, and the MBFC bot is reporting its assessment of the Internet Archive, because OP included a link to the Internet Archive in the text portion of their post.

The rally 'round the flag effect isn’t dependent on people agreeing with what the president is doing.

You think they care about the average American?

Maybe Harris and Biden want to start a war so they can benefit from a spike in approval just before the election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_'round_the_flag_effect

Russian men are being inseminated in the military?

“When Beijing says that, on the one hand, that it wants peace, it wants to see an end to the conflict, but on the other hand is allowing its companies to take actions that are actually helping Putin continue the aggression, that doesn’t add up,” Blinken said at a media briefing.

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go call for a ceasefire in the Middle East while we continue to supply Israel with weapons.”

Just keep in mind, this is anonymous hearsay by someone on Blinken’s team.

And even if it’s true, they wouldn’t have leaked it to the media without some kind of agenda.

“Is destroying art worse than destroying the whole planet???”

It’s a fair question.

Everyone cares so much about protecting this painting. Why don’t they care as much about protecting the planet? (And the painting isn’t even in any real danger. It’s behind glass.)

The vandalism is practically thought-provoking performance art in itself. It’s probably one of the best pieces in the gallery.

Good for them.

They’re getting media attention for their message. That isn’t easy to do.

Ghettoes were neighbourhood where Jews were forced to live in Nazi Europe, so I’d say that sounds worse.

I want to be buried with cheese too.