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A settler colony erased in Manchuria

Marg Bar Reddit — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:54:39 GMT

With all this talk about the surprise of Pearl Harbor, it’s a good time to remember the biggest settler colony that was reversed despite appearing unstoppable.
Manchuria was one of the largest state-backed settlement projects of the 20th century.
Millions moved. An ancient identity usurped. A new nation created.
For over a decade, it seemed stable, even irreversible.
Then within a few years, it unravelled completely.
A reminder: geopolitical realities can shift faster than assumptions.

Nicolás Maduro: Marxist, Christian, Bolivarian

Marg Bar Reddit — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:14:59 GMT

“Too simple, sometimes naive.” When President Jiang uttered these wor...

Marg Bar Reddit — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:12:22 GMT

Jiang could easily have ignored these reporters, but he still took the time to teach her a lesson from the perspective of an elder.

Having witnessed the true nature of the Western world—especially its politicians and media—one has to admit that Chairman Jiang spoke from the heart; he was genuinely concerned for Hong Kong’s future.

The standard Hong Kong journalists used to ask questions of their own President was “the EU released a report.” Reading this, I couldn’t help but shake my head. Media figures lack any independent thinking or cultural confidence; the Western narrative reigns supreme. Whatever the West says is right and true, without the slightest consideration for the actual conditions of the land beneath their feet.

President Jiang was angry because these journalists’ questions were of such a low caliber—and because they were setting traps and tripping up their own people, maliciously creating media buzz. It was truly childish.

If China hadn’t insisted on independence and self-reliance, who knows what state the world would be in under the current U.S. administration.

Republic of China's president Lai Ching Te prefers Imperial Japan over KMT

Marg Bar Reddit — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:25:55 GMT

Full speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH9kwUJ5ij0

Arnaud Betrand’s comments:

That’s easily the most insanely provocative statement that Taiwan’s Lai Ching-Te has ever made, and that’s a very high bar. In a speech on Saturday he literally said that Imperial Japan’s colonial rule over Taiwan was better than that of the KMT (Chiang Kai-shek’s party that built modern Taiwan and his main opposition party today). His exact words: “Japan colonized Taiwan in order to advance the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Nationalist government came to Taiwan just the same - merely [treating it] as a springboard for retaking the mainland. And especially after the KMT government arrived in Taiwan, the way it treated the Taiwanese people was even worse than colonial-ruled Taiwan - worse than colonial Japan’s treatment of Taiwan.” There’s so much wrong with this, I’m not even sure where to start. First of all, the expression “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” to frame Japanese imperialism during WW2 is anything but neutral: it’s Imperial Japan’s own propaganda term for their imperial project of domination of Asia. An empire, incidentally, that the WW2 allies - including his U.S. patrons - lost millions of soldiers defeating. Used unironically as he does, it’s like describing Nazi Germany’s occupation of Europe as an effort to build a “Prosperous New European Order” Secondly, the man is literally - officially - the President of the Republic of China, the very state that Sun Yat-sen and the KMT founded. He draws his constitutional authority from the constitution they wrote, and won his presidency through the voting system they established - and then calls them worse than Imperial Japan. Heck this very speech was given at an event celebrating 30 years of direct presidential elections in Taiwan - which the KMT itself introduced. So he used the anniversary of a KMT achievement to argue that the KMT was worse than a colonial empire that never gave Taiwanese a single vote Lastly, the framing of the existence of a “Taiwanese people” that was subsequently colonized by both Japan and the KMT is historically and demographically absurd. Over 95% of Taiwan’s population is Han Chinese, descended from mainland migrants - and that includes Lai’s own family (!), which came from Pinghe county in Fujian province. So framing things this way is basically saying that Japanese colonial rule over the Chinese people of Taiwan was preferable to governance by other Chinese people, including his own! You could hardly do more to insult your own ancestors, and yourself. I mean, think about the absurd twisting of history that’s going on here, the degree of madness in the current Taiwanese separatist narrative. Lai doesn’t hold office as the president of some independent “Taiwanese” republic: he is the president of the Republic of China - the state that took Taiwan back from Japan. His office exists because that liberation happened. As the President he is, by definition, its inheritor. And he’s arguing it was a mistake because, otherwise, his entire narrative falls apart. If the KMT’s arrival was a liberation - which it legally, historically, and constitutionally was - then there is no “colonized Taiwanese people,” no separatist grievance, and no justification for independence. So we arrive at the absurd situation where the president of the Republic of China has to stand at a podium and argue that the Republic of China should never have retaken Taiwan. Beyond shameful

Angelica Oung gives an impression of how this was received in Taiwan:

https://xcancel.com/AngelicaOung/status/2033374896273895871

BTW...people in Taiwan are NOT OK with this. I searched "Lai Ching-te" on Threads this morning and here are the top results, all related to these horrible comments:

"How do we have such a disgusting president?
Lai Ching-te is the tragedy of the Taiwanese.
How can the words 'east-asia co-prosperity sphere' leave his mouth?"

"I voted Tsai Ing-wen...hearing Lai describe Japanese colonialism as co-prosperity...I'm pretty disappointed."

"Who is Lai Ching-te's history teacher?"

"I don't want to defend the KMT white terror, but the Japanese colonial regime came with armed repression and exploitation. The Yunlin massacre and the 228 massacre should be seen as equal.",

"After seeing Lai's talk, I refuse to vote DPP for life."

"Taiwan is hopeless...when the president uses his ideology and misbegotten view of history to create polarization...no wonder Taiwan is full of agitation and conflict."

"I want to throw up"

"As a leader of our country, yet he sucks up to those who colonized us. This isn't freedom of speech but a betrayal to the Taiwanese!"

You can tell from the comments that they are not all from pro-KMT voices but betrayed DPP followers as well

Haz/Infrared/u/InfraredShow is actively trying to brigade the subreddit r/tankiethedeprogram

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Reza Pahlavi interview unknowingly with Vovan and Lexus, disguised as German officials

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Biet Dong Saigon trailer 1#

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Massive protests in Israel with buses running over civilians demonstr...

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South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, takes a selfie with the Xiaomi...

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Link to the video of Xi Jinping gifting the Xiaomi smartphones to Lee Jae Myung

is there a child under the lectern or what?

Marg Bar Reddit — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:55:02 GMT

full ahegao mode

Wise words from Brace

Marg Bar Reddit — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:59:07 GMT

Donald Trump: “We’ll Run Venezuela” and Take the Oil

Marg Bar Reddit — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:30:57 GMT

President Donald Trump held a press conference addressing the recent U.S. attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Trump said the U.S. would now “run the country” and “take back the oil.” Trump has cited drug trafficking to justify attacking Venezuela, but his remarks Saturday made clear that oil was the primary driver.

In this video you will see:
•The future of the country under the U.S. direction
•The return of the Monroe Doctrine
•Trump and Rubio Suggest Regime Change in Cuba
•Trump snubs María Corina Machado

#trump #venezuela #usforeignpolicy #latinamerica #geopolitics #breakingnews #internationalaffairs #monroedoctrine #worldpolitics #BellyOfTheBeast

Taiwan tried to respond with a show of force but videos shared by T.W netizens show American M60 tanks malfunctioning

Marg Bar Reddit — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:24:39 GMT

Link to another video of an M60 being towed away after breaking down on the road: https://x.com/i/status/2005745642111656165

I’ve been trying for so long to verbalize this feeling about AI myself and lo and behold Adam Curtis says it better

Marg Bar Reddit — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:22:57 GMT

If only mark fisher was here to speak on this but imo in the capitalist realism sense LLM’s are the final iteration of our the mass media age. The logical conclusion to a culture obsessed with looking backwards and with nothing new to offer is a algorithmic robot to regurgitate a homogeneous slurry of all of our favorite characters and ideas from our past to us at any moment of the day.

Honestly I’d love to hear brace and Liz on this idea but maybe it’s a bit too out there for them idk..

Also If you haven’t check out Adam Curtis’s stuff “can’t get you out of my head” is my personal fav but almost everything he makes is great imo.

Maduro is THE Leader of the People

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Former liberal Chinese-Canadian author on the importance of Chinese Revolution

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Street interviews of random Uyghur people in Kashgar, Xinjiang. (The ...

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Video by de_speld

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Wil je je oud voelen? Twee Teletubbies hebben prostaatkanker

#despeld #video

Is it compulsory to stand for the national anthem in movie theatres? [Footage]

Marg Bar Reddit — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:22:17 GMT

I’ve always wondered why the national anthem is played in theatres at all. A cinema hall is a space people visit purely for entertainment, after paying for a ticket. There’s no real link between watching a movie and expressing patriotism through the anthem.

We don’t play the national anthem at private or social occasions like weddings, birthdays, or even during religious gatherings. So why is a theatre treated differently? If it’s considered appropriate there, then shouldn’t it logically be played in every public and social space like offices, temples, parks, cafes, parties, and so on?

Forcing people to stand in a theatre doesn’t automatically build patriotism or civic responsibility. Being a good citizen is reflected in daily behavior respecting others, following rules, and contributing positively to society—not in compulsory symbolic acts.

Why do we spend so much energy debating these gestures instead of focusing on issues that actually improve our society?