Anonymous
11/1/2025, 8:58:48 PM
No.24847586
>>24847558
NTA but as far as I can tell China gets a lot more out of brinksmanship and chest beating over Taiwan than it would out of actually invading it. In much the same way that identity is formed through opposition, hot button issues to perform anger about and enemies to rally against are very valuable for justifying a political order, especially a totalitarian one. If they actually conquered Taiwan, they'd just have to find something else, and it probably wouldn't stir the blood of the average Chinaman as much as Taiwan does.
NTA but as far as I can tell China gets a lot more out of brinksmanship and chest beating over Taiwan than it would out of actually invading it. In much the same way that identity is formed through opposition, hot button issues to perform anger about and enemies to rally against are very valuable for justifying a political order, especially a totalitarian one. If they actually conquered Taiwan, they'd just have to find something else, and it probably wouldn't stir the blood of the average Chinaman as much as Taiwan does.