• Frank [he/him, he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 months ago

    The idea of China invading the country at the request of the Tibetan Communist Party, crushing the Lamas, freeing the slaves, and iirc they had to do it twice because the Lamas tried to start shit again, would never penetrate, would it?

    I remember a Chinese person slapping down some of this bullshit saying that 98% of Tibetans speak Tibetan and asking the American how many native americans spoke an indigenous language.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
      ·
      2 months ago

      and asking the American how many native americans spoke an indigenous language

      And this is why libs invented 'that's just whataboutism'

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      There's also just the fact that Tibet diplomatically rejoined with China right after the end of the Civil War and only decided to split a decade later, after much work had been done to improve conditions for the serfs and this lead to an outraged aristocratic class trying to breakaway to maintain power. It's very roughly like calling the US expansionist for invading the Confederacy.