#freetibet

The United States is not the yardstick by which I measure whether a superpower is acceptable. "Better than the US" is a very low bar. And China doesn't even clear it. An empire is still an empire, even when it wraps itself in different colours. Ask Tibet about "liberation." Ask the Uyghurs about "stability." Ask Hong Kong about "one country, two systems." Ask Taiwan why it has to live under constant military threats for the crime of existing. I refuse this childish game where we are expected to pick our favourite empire. I don't collect great powers like football teams. I reject Empires. Washington can be wrong. Beijing can be wrong. Moscow can be wrong. More than one government can be authoritarian, imperialist, and dangerous at the same time. My loyalty is not to flags. It is to ordinary people who just want to live in peace, speak their own language, love whom they love, and decide their own future without someone else's tanks, missiles, or secret police. No kings. No emperors. No dictators. No exceptions. #China #HumanRights #Taiwan #HongKong #StandWithUyghurs #FreeTibet

Of course China could serve as a good example. It would just have to get rid of the communist dictatorship and the concentration camps and the quasi-colonial rule of places that don't actually belong to China. Among other things. #StandWithHongKong #StandWithTaiwan #standwiththeuighurs #freetibet #downwithchinesecommunism