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If you’re anti-imperialist, wouldn’t it make more sense for China and Taiwan to be recognised as two, separate independent nations?
Opposition to imperialism implies opposition to enforced absorption, regardless of who is doing it. If you’re truly anti-imperialist, you shouldn’t take a stance of either side absorbing the other.
There's a book called "Imperialism" that you should read in order to be on the same page as the other people using the rigorous definition instead of the common sense one as you are
The Taiwanese themselves do not unanimously want independence and there is a huge split of this position in taiwan, just like there is a split in America between Democrats and republicans.
"Enforced absorption", there is no class analysis in this concept whatsoever. Which class benefits from reunification, and which class benefits from separation? It is the American imperialists and Taiwanese monopoly capitalists who benenfit from separation.
Can you not use US defaultism? To me, there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans, they're all the same creed of politicians.
Ok, it's just an example.
It's alright, but US defaultism assumes liberalism, conservatism, and capitalism in its examples. It also gives the US greater power and dominance over language and theory.
So any country that has a civil war is inherently imperialist?