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the solution is not about finding someone to take the
rap but to recognise that there are some problems in
the route to democratisation. This route has narrowly
focused the discourse on ‘anti-authoritarianism’ and
‘breaking free’ and has thus taken the Taiwanese on
an ‘us versus them’ shortcut. This has in turn led to
the rise of identity politics, ethnicism and even quasifascism, which causes any discourse that
takes into account the overall situation
and the future to be severely stifled.
But how can one consider a certain
aspect without considering the overall
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situation? And how is one who has
no long-term consideration able
to seize the moment? We can only
face the consequences of our own
deeds now that the chickens have
come home to roost.

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this in a sense (after all, who cares
about Taiwan-New Zealand, Taiwan-Singapore
or even the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreements?),
then in the current atmosphere, the only solution to
the present problem is for the ruling Kuomintang party
to step down and for the Democratic Progressive
Party to take over. When that day comes, perhaps
the island’s people will have a clear-headed view of
their desires and emotions, as well as the price that
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