Me: “The KMT was corrupt , repressive, and did not have popular support on the mainland for some time before their retreat to Formosa.”
You: “But WW2 depleted their capacity to resist the Maoists militarily, so you can’t say they lost popular support!”
Me: “I fail to see how the former fact supports your latter assertion. Popular support for the Communist side is broadly attested.”
You: block quote supporting my point "See, you’re wrong! Your own source says the KMT was made vulnerable to the communists during WW2!
Me: “It seems to me like you’re valuing the WW2 military contributions of the Nationalists over the broad domestic support for revolution against them.”
You: “That’s not what I said, you’re being ignorant”
It’s not just the military toll as KMT worked to save China while Communist forces hid. The public opposition as per your link was because of the involvement of WW2. If Japan hadn’t invaded then public support wouldn’t have swayed
That isn’t in any person’s mind “because they couldn’t keep killing people”
Me: “The KMT was corrupt , repressive, and did not have popular support on the mainland for some time before their retreat to Formosa.”
You: “But WW2 depleted their capacity to resist the Maoists militarily, so you can’t say they lost popular support!”
Me: “I fail to see how the former fact supports your latter assertion. Popular support for the Communist side is broadly attested.”
You: block quote supporting my point "See, you’re wrong! Your own source says the KMT was made vulnerable to the communists during WW2!
Me: “It seems to me like you’re valuing the WW2 military contributions of the Nationalists over the broad domestic support for revolution against them.”
You: “That’s not what I said, you’re being ignorant”
You are ignorant but as per your last
It’s not just the military toll as KMT worked to save China while Communist forces hid. The public opposition as per your link was because of the involvement of WW2. If Japan hadn’t invaded then public support wouldn’t have swayed
That isn’t in any person’s mind “because they couldn’t keep killing people”