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  1. bintananth

    Taiwan Straights Tension

    "Old money" is not trying to impress others with The Shiny (TM). That's how they became "old money" and why they stay "old money". Old money: "I need a new BMW." New money: "I want to be seen in a new BMW."
  2. bintananth

    Taiwan Straights Tension

    Dude, chill out. I don't have any traceable ancestors who aren't Japanese-American.
  3. bintananth

    Taiwan Straights Tension

    The US didn't really want the Philippines in 1898 but got stuck with them. The US wasn't going to fuck that bit of unwanted colonialism up and Congress pretty much said "you're free to go as soon as you've got a stable government we're ok with." WWII delayed Philippine independence from the US...
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