Time is on the side of the Russians in Ukraine and the Chinese on pretty much anything else when it comes to confronting the US empire.
But ever since the ceasefire in Lebanon and the fall of Assad I can’t help but feel that the Palestinian cause is getting worse every day. No one is lifting a finger for them except the Yemenis and it only seems that the Zionist fucks are getting closer to their objectives.
Civil war in “Israel” when? True Promise 3 when (lol)?
It doesn’t help that some of the loudest voices cheering for Assad’s fall where Palestinians and that sectarism is strong against Shia’s…
Is America’s hold over my state imperialist?
Are movements in your state to democratically organize a secession movement violently suppressed?
Is Germany occupying Berlin imperialist?
Same question. Germany could only start to be considered as “occupying” Berlin if Berlin doesn’t want to be part of Germany.
So if there is a secession movement, it should always be supported? What of the people of Hong Kong who supported further integration into the mainland? Do they not matter?
How about the neonazis trying to turn the Pacific Northwest of America into their “Northwest Territorial Imperative”. Should we support those secessionists?
So if there is a secession movement, it should always be supported?
Your thought process is very unique haha. Not sure how you connected those dots together, but it seems like you spotted the issue with it.
What of the people of Hong Kong who supported further integration into the mainland? Do they not matter?
So different people who make up a single state have different policy positions? Hmm… how might we resolve that conflict?
One solution that’s been commonly used is democracy.
Instead of forcing people to “always support succession” for some unknown reason or to have your state always supress succession (like Putin does), we could strive for a middle balance where people are free to speak and support whichever secession movements they want, form parties, and these issues are then put to vote.
Think how Brexit, as dumb as it was, wasn’t a civil war. It was just a referendum.
No one has to die changing the government.
How about the neonazis trying to turn the Pacific Northwest of America into their “Northwest Territorial Imperative”. Should we support those secessionists?
In a democratic sense you should support the secession movements you agree with and not support the ones you don’t agree with.
So why are you asking me? Ask yourself if you support turning the Pacific Northwest into a Northwest Territorial Imperative?
One solution that’s been commonly used is democracy.
The problem with Hong Kong voting on it is the same as when Crimeans voted on secession. There’s obvious external pressures at play. Hell, there’s even internal pressures in all elections that will show that there is no such thing as an ideal democratic process, only real democratic processes that are influenced by internal and external contradictions. I’m not familiar enough with the history of the Hong Kong integration to tell you exactly what the calculus the politicians of China and local rulers made, but it is at least fairly clear from a basic understanding of how the world works that holding a poll in Hong Kong asking them how they feel about independence is like asking a bank teller who’s currently being assaulted by 3 separate robbers how they feel about the concept of finance. The forces at play, between the legacy of British imperialism, currently existing American imperialism, and the Chinese threat to the existing mode of social organization in the island, means that (as with all things) a vote would only be a show of class power.
