[garmaine]

> There is a saying that if China were democratic, then they would have invaded Taiwan yesterday. In this sense the CCP are moderates.

That saying is propaganda. Here is a list of literally every war between democratic powers in the entirety of human civilization. It's a very short list, given the sheer number of wars that have been fought:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_between_democraci...

Democracies don't start wars with other democracies, outside of very unusual and exceptional circumstances. If China and Taiwan were both democratic, there wouldn't even be a thought of war.

[1_player]

To be fair, we haven't had many democracies compared to autocracies in the history of the world. One of the richest countries in the world is a warmongering democracy.

The idea that democracies are peaceful is a red herring and cherry-picking.

[FooBarWidget]

Propaganda by whom? Because it isn't something said by the Chinese govt or by Chinese media.

I assert that it only sounds like propaganda because people can't let go of their false preconceived notions of China, not because it is actually propaganda.