spauldo,

And that would make no sense at all, since the Hawaiian independence movement is so tiny as to be nonexistent. But again, that has nothing to do with this discussion.

You’re back to repeating yourself. I’m not the one doing mental gymnastics here. Riddle me this, Batman: if Taiwan is de facto part of the ROC, then why do we get our chips - the irreplaceable ones, not the 555 timer knockoffs - from Taiwan and not the mainland? Why aren’t semiconductors produced in the PRC common in the global supply chain? Why do US companies invest so much money in Taiwanese fabs? Why does only Taiwan and South Korea have the ability to make chips at a 5nm process or smaller?

In short, why can we live without the PRC’s fabs but not Taiwan’s? It’s because for all intents and purposes, they’re different countries. They just share a fantasy that they’re not, and we go along with it because it’s not worth the trouble. Until one of them quits dreaming and actually takes the other one over, they’re going to be two different countries.

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