• gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      The right to self-determination does not mean a right to an independent state or any right to secede.

      Also I’m not a fan of creating a new national identity just so the US can claim part of China for its puppet regime. That’s using nationalism for a colonial divide-and-conquer strategy, that’s pretty much the opposite of liberation and self-determination.

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        4 months ago

        The right of self-determination means that a nation may arrange its life in the way it wishes. It has the right to arrange its life on the basis of autonomy. It has the right to enter into federal relations with other nations. It has the right to complete secession. Nations are sovereign, and all nations have equal rights.

        Stalin, Marxism and the National Question