Yeah, sorta, but it's not the same. Taiwan is actually facing an existential threat whereas the US just drowned so far in their own superiority complex that they'll believe any idiot that tells them they're exceptional, cue Trump.

This, for sure, isn't right, but at least it's understandable as their entire existence is about to disappear.

If you think this is bad, wait until (better, if) China gets their hands on Taiwan. Hongkong has great stories to tell about what happens when China takes over, and they didn't experience a hostile invasion, theirs was a nice peaceful integration.

Obligatory fuck the Chinese government, fuck Winnie Pooh, fuck trump and all his cronies and while were at it, fuck Putin and Netanyahu as well as those just deserve it, no matter what we're talking about.

Looks similar to what other countries under threat have done to survive external or internal threats.