Rather than worrying about what the PRC will or should do, I think it’s more relevant that the two dominant parties in Taiwan are both corporatist US stooges—the KMT Is anti-communist Chinese nationalism cringe + petit bourgeois grievance of late, whereas the more lib DPP is neocolonialism in Southeast Asia + super pro-Trump cuz of anti-China hysteria; meanwhile, the supposedly "radical" "left wing" "young people" parties are defined not by any working class politics but a hysterical settler-colonial nationalism (and yeah pretty much everyone screws the Indigenous Taiwanese). And the whole topic of "unification vs. independence" in Taiwan political discourse is always framed around the bougie concerns of "access to Chinese market and capital" vs. "Taiwan consciousness/subjectivity."
And the whole topic of “unification vs. independence” in Taiwan political discourse is always framed around the bougie concerns of “access of Chinese market and capital” vs. “Taiwan consciousness/subjectivity.”
You're forgetting about Chinese Nationalism. A lot of KMT supporters believe that the CPC is fulfilling the goals of Sun Yat Sen, and it's therefore time to make peace with the mainland.
Huh, I had read that the KMT believed they were the rightful rulers over all of China, and considered themselves to be a government in exile. I suppose people got tired of wishful thinking.
I guess? I don’t find these kinds of voices admitted into the mainstream presses there though (even the more pro-mainland outlets don’t tend to evoke “Three Principles of the People” as much as they talk economics and pop culture stuff). Is it more of a military or military dependents village thing?
Yeah it's a very minoritarian position afaik and the people who support it are more die hard nationalists more than holding any vision of socialist politics.
Rather than worrying about what the PRC will or should do, I think it’s more relevant that the two dominant parties in Taiwan are both corporatist US stooges—the KMT Is anti-communist Chinese nationalism cringe + petit bourgeois grievance of late, whereas the more lib DPP is neocolonialism in Southeast Asia + super pro-Trump cuz of anti-China hysteria; meanwhile, the supposedly "radical" "left wing" "young people" parties are defined not by any working class politics but a hysterical settler-colonial nationalism (and yeah pretty much everyone screws the Indigenous Taiwanese). And the whole topic of "unification vs. independence" in Taiwan political discourse is always framed around the bougie concerns of "access to Chinese market and capital" vs. "Taiwan consciousness/subjectivity."
Probably the best analysis of Taiwan in English — from a somewhat left perspective , mind you it's a bit dated (2010)
You're forgetting about Chinese Nationalism. A lot of KMT supporters believe that the CPC is fulfilling the goals of Sun Yat Sen, and it's therefore time to make peace with the mainland.
Huh, I had read that the KMT believed they were the rightful rulers over all of China, and considered themselves to be a government in exile. I suppose people got tired of wishful thinking.
The continued presence of the Left-KMT as the PRCs second largest party has done a lot to help that along.
I guess? I don’t find these kinds of voices admitted into the mainstream presses there though (even the more pro-mainland outlets don’t tend to evoke “Three Principles of the People” as much as they talk economics and pop culture stuff). Is it more of a military or military dependents village thing?
It may be. To be clear, I got that from this video. There's also a KMT subreddit that's pro-mainland where I see it argued.
Yeah it's a very minoritarian position afaik and the people who support it are more die hard nationalists more than holding any vision of socialist politics.