forever. It's not like a thousand years from now if you came back Taiwan would be independent. One way or the other, the big country is going to overwhelm the little country that's right next to it. So it doesn't seem to me that dying over something that's going to happen anyway, whether you love it or hate it, it's going to happen anyway. He makes a good point. So probably we'll have to pretend that we're doing something useful while letting China have its way is my guess.

How many of you show me in the comments have lost a connection to a family member? It could be your own child, could be your parents because of politics. I just wonder how universal this is because I was reading a thread on X of people who were talking about losing family members that hadn't talked to them since the election. How many of you were in that category? Oh my god, I'm seeing a string of yeses go by in the comments. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.