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101 sats \ 2 replies \ @linesgone OP 2 Aug 2022 \ parent \ on: Hi, from Taiwan... bitcoin
There are a handful of PRC sympathizers in politics, the party they are generally part of is increasingly becoming irrelevant. The average age of these people will be 70s, if not older, with some younger children in their 50s now.
The currently relevant political parties are all much younger and with for “status quo” or independence.
Prior to the crackdown in HK many wanted to just maintain the “status quo” here. Since the crack down in HK those supporting independence are much more.
It's really odd to me that the generation who remembers the split is the one that wants to reunite... If I understood my Chinese history correctly the rift between the commie Mao and the democratic Kai-shek was extremely hateful and filled with spite... So much so that the two refused to stop fighting each other as Japan invaded China's mainland, which is why little old Japan kicked China's ass at the start of WWII. -And then when we nuked Japan & they fell back to their own island, Mao and Kai-shek resumed fighting each other again immediately.
Why such a change of heart by these folks?
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Legacy… many older folk idealize a past that (likely) never existed. Same with Trump voters in the States. What was feels safer than the future, which is scary.
Also the older generations tend to hold on to more of the old traditions, many of which have been lost in China, so they also want to bring that back together and continue the “culture”.
No one is still thinking Taiwan will “take back” the mainland and reestablish the ROC on the mainland. That dream died in the 50s.
Politically the KMT, the party of CKS, officially claims a “status quo” platform now, but many of the older members of the part would be totally fine with unification.
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