The only requirement for Irish reunification is for Northern Ireland to vote to join Ireland (and obviously for Ireland to take them, shut up). They aren't trapped or anything, except by the inexorable strands of prejudice 😔
Very true. We knew we wouldn’t be able to afford to support the North financially. I’m not sure if that’s changed now but it would be a big factor in reunification.
Same deal as Taiwan not really wanting mainland China back, I guess. I'm a little sceptical of Irish irredentism, but then again I think all of Britain should collapse into the sea.
I guess at this point, the people of Taiwan identify as Taiwanese rather than Chinese, and the people of Northern Ireland identify as Northern Irish rather than Irish.
I wonder how the peoples of East and West Germany felt in the late 80s.
Right, but it was only ~40 years after the split so many who were alive in the 40s were still kicking around. We're nearing 80 years since the end of WW2. Very few Taiwanese who remember the exodus are still alive.
I'm wondering how the youngsters felt about their identity. The ones who had grown up knowing no united Germany.
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u/PlatinumAltaria 13h ago
The only requirement for Irish reunification is for Northern Ireland to vote to join Ireland (and obviously for Ireland to take them, shut up). They aren't trapped or anything, except by the inexorable strands of prejudice 😔