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Taiwan, an island of only 24 million, is no different than the Greek city-states that were raped, razed, and removed from the history books.
Entire cultures, languages, identities were eradicated by the victors.
Like Taiwan, those inside the city walls always said the same thing.
These will sound familiar to foreigners living here trying to decipher Taiwan’s rich imagination of denialism:
“there would be a negotiated settlement”
“just a change in management”
“economic issues”
“they need us”
“the U.S. military will save Taiwan”
“organ harvesting is a conspiracy theory”
“they would never do the horrible things to us they have done to the Uyghurs or Tibetans; after all, we speak the same language”
- Wendell Minnick from Taipei
What is being released right now is not transparency.
It is controlled disclosure.
Fragments.
Selective timing.
Curated narratives.
Carefully engineered confusion.
Enough to distract.
Former DNI General Michael Flynn
“Our problem as Americans is we actually hate history. What we love is nostalgia.’
-- Regie Gibson
“Here’s an uncomfortable truth about the Epstein accusations: We only find them morally reprehensible because of Christianity. Before the spread of Christianity, ‘civilized’ Greek and Roman elites openly flaunted underage s*x slaves. This was normal. Emperor Hadrian built an entire city in honor of his favorite boy… If you undercut the moral foundations of Christianity from the West, culture reverts back to pagan norms.”
–Paul Anleitner
