Real 
energy on this, given how liberals reacted to Xi Jinping winning an unprecedented third term.
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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"If Evo Moralez was elected a third term, this will've proven that Bolivia's system was bureaucratic, dictatorial and despotic. However, if the same were to happen to the current president, Lai Ching-te, this was a sign that Taiwan, despite its struggles against 'CCP and KMT disinformation', was still a flourishing liberal democracy"
Or something like that....
Exactly that. You're channeling his spirit.
To be clear, it's a different leader from the same party. Tsai Yingwen had to step back due to term limits.
Also to be fair, ever since the New Deal, liberals have hated winning more than a couple elections in a row lol
People start wondering why nothing has fundamentally changed
ahhhh true democracy
To be honest, saying Taiwan's DPP 'won' is true, but only with stupid western democracy rules.
The DPP got 40% of the vote, the other 60% were for parties with a less antagonistic attitude to China.
This presidential election had a turnout rate of 71.86%
Democracy is winning the presidency with 28 percent of the vote
DPP won but with a 17% smaller voteshare than last time, at the expense of the TPP. The KMT also took the legislature.
My read is that, unlike in 2020, "the China issue" isn't what people were thinking about it this election, despite how the west has framed it. There's deep dissatisfaction with both major parties on domestic issues.
Massive L for Taiwan's future
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When asked for reaction to Saturday’s elections, US President Joe Biden shortly replied that Washington does not support the independence of Taiwan.
Never understood why the US would have a problem with an eventual two system confederation where Taiwan acts as a kind of airlock/buffer between foreign capital and the mainland. For fks sake, even rabid dogs like Kissinger and Nixon saw this was a good system.
Shit island continues to be shit
pro-sovereignty... sovereignty of international capital
Not surprised