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Tesla co-founder previously suggested Taiwan should become a ‘special administrative zone’ in China

Elon Musk, the owner of X/Twitter, was called out on his platform by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs after calling the island nation an "integral part of China" and insisting that he understands "China well."

Mr Musk made the comments on the "All In" podcast while answering a question about China and the future of his involvement with the nation.

During the interview, Mr Musk said "I think I understand China well," and notes that he's been there several times and has met with high-ranking officials.

He then turns his attention to Taiwan, and compares its relationship to China to Hawaii's relationship to the US, insisting it is "an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China”.

That comparison is flawed in two major ways: first, Hawaii is not a contested region, but is unquestionably a US state with all the same powers and freedoms granted any other US state; second, Taiwan's assertion that it is its own state is not arbitrary, but instead a position it has held for decades.

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[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

So Elon is basically now acting like a tankie?

This is fucking hillarious.

[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Elon and false communists both benefit capitalism

[-] TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'tankie'?

[-] ICE_WALRUS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It essentially is calling someone a communist supporter. In 1956 Hungry had an uprising against the soviet union (USSR) communist rule. The soviets used tanks to crush the revolutnaries swiftly and used a similar tactic in 1968 to quell similar events in Czechia. When members of the communist party of Great Britain showed support for these actions it became common in GB to refer to them as tankies referencing the attack on hungry. The term has now expanded its use from exclusive to brittish political discourse to more global/universal label for a sympathizer to opressive communist regimes.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Fuck of it is.

It’s calling out the authoritarian, imperialist wankers who think using force against the people is the solution.

Communism is fine, tankies are not.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Right...

So supporters of the US must be tankies too, right? Or is it the "authoritarian" part you're angry about and not the "imperialist wankers who think using force against the people is the solution" part?

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

He sort of half listens to grimes sometimes and forgets where it came from

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