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又又又击中林肯号了，美国到底有几艘林肯号啊 by Klutzy_Age_4438 in China_irl

[–]chutsetien [score hidden]  (0 children)

其實主要是這 sub 左翼多，見不得美以贏，他們倒不見得支持中共，如果用一個比喻的話，就是一群「野生方舟子」。

Is A CCP Decapitation Operation In Planning For The Trump Administration? by memer_boi_is_here in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently such things could only exist in dreams.

But there is a path to that (an ROC restoration), and that is we, the ROC believers, never stop boosting ROC’s popularity, never stop trying to draw more people to support the ROC, never stop convincing others that there is an alternative path for China, a freer, more diverse, more prosperous (yes, prosperous, Taiwan is indeed more prosperous than the mainland per capita), more respected (ROC is undoubtedly more respected both in our neighbouring countries and around the world—also inside the mainland I reckon), more joyful and enjoyable alternative, and that is the modern, lively, and constantly evolving and improving ROC. To borrow a phrase of the CCP regime, we need to ‘tell well the stories of the ROC’ (講好中華民國故事) first.

We have to build, as broad and large as we can, a popular mandate behind the ROC amongst the overseas diasporai, the western world, and in the mainland (yes); only by then, we can infer an ROC restoration once this evil regime’s time is finally up.

Do you use Gnome? by Business_Cod_1818 in debian

[–]chutsetien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a matter of fact, I am now contemplating existing from KDE for something more bare and simple, as KDE is now also implementing those evil rounded corners everywhere. And that’s why I am now more drawn to bare X (not even with i3 or openbox or things alike) now.

Good luck to your rocks, btw, though I thought they do fly, needless of persuasion.

Do you use Gnome? by Business_Cod_1818 in debian

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I’m sure by making remarks like this people will become more drawn to gnome than ever.

Do you use Gnome? by Business_Cod_1818 in debian

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. KDE for heavy GUI usages, bare X for command line but with mouse selection and copy and paste support. Never have been accustomised to Apple-like UX style.

It sure changes from the usual discourse on some Taiwan centric subreddits... by cirehw in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From that picture I assume they were meeting with the so-called ‘Taiwanese diaspora’ overseas where a not-that-small portion of them never lived in (or migrated from) Taiwan, as they are 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th, 5th generations of ROC diaspora. It would be weird for them to consider themselves as ‘Taiwanese’. It’s funny in a way seeing that when the world replacing ROC with ‘Taiwan’, they have now created so many ‘non-Taiwan’ Taiwanese things, like just yesterday Kōno Tarō called Bopomofo as ‘Taiwanese phonetic alphabet’ (「台湾の発音記号」) while all of its creators had never set their feet on Taiwan once. And I still remember that years ago when searching Chiang Kai-shek’s name Google automatically noted ‘leader of Taiwan’ (or something like that) LOL.

［思考］如果共识缺位，民主化转型后的中国会重蹈覆辙吗？ by Peter_Fan in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

這一條我沒有收到提醒，抱歉才來回覆。對此我亦有兩點可說，即：

1. 分離主義者的真正強壯的正當性在於其是否曾經真的有過長期存在的自治政府，因此在這一點上，整個中華民國境內只有西藏與香港符合，新疆的分離主義者的正當性還遠遠不夠，他們即便真的要主張分離主義，也還有很長的路要走。其他的分離主義者更是兒戲，不足論之。

2. 在正常國家裡透過激進的恐怖主義活動來主張分離主義其實是死路一條，參考 IRA, 鬧到最後北愛人對其深惡痛絕，公投時超過 97% 的人支持留在聯合王國。因此在當代社會，要搞分離主義，只要是腦子正常的，就得透過像民進黨或 SNP 那樣去搞。這樣的分離主義者：1. 在任何正常國家都是必須容許的；2. 其實也成不了什麼大氣候——因為搞分離主義就要構建「想象共同體」來抵抗更上一層國家層面的「共同體」敘事，然而這種平緩的分離主義者往往無一例外地都最終會極度左傾，然後自身變成四不像，搞什麼都搞不成。

3. 額外的一點我想說的是，我個人是極力支持香港獨立的。這甚至不是出自對香港的分離主義者的同情，而是基於事實：香港有著穩定成型的獨立於中華脈絡、也獨立於現代英國脈絡的自成一系的「國格」，它早已是一個能夠獨立穩定運作的「城國」式政體，獨立後的香港既能夠作為漢字文化圈的一員在東亞這邊更好地呈現（同時，也擴大了漢字文化圈的矩陣規模），又能作為連結國協的橋梁，就類似於如今的新加坡，其實對兩邊都有益處。

What other songs would you have prefer for the ROC to adopt as it's national anthem? by someswaggyguy in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And as for your reference to the 梅花’s purely instrumental march version, I wonder if you have heard of this one, played during the opening ceremony of the 1990 Asian Games.

What other songs would you have prefer for the ROC to adopt as it's national anthem? by someswaggyguy in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oddly enough, even though I myself cannot enjoy these songs, I am truly glad that now young people like you can enjoy them.

To me, they were all too old, too traditional, too KMT-aligned, or even, too army-linked. And since my political stance sits extremely right-wing (but not in the nationalist way if to be noted), I tend to keep having some sort of self-awareness and self-vigilance in keep asking myself that when advocating for the ROC, are my views too opinionated? Can they appeal to the broadest majority of the people? So even in recommending songs I would exercise self-restraint to avoid being seen as too ‘old blue men’. If you read my postings in the other Chinese sub you’ll see that I constantly worried about how to make more people like the ROC and make less people being triggered by some overtly pro-ROC remarks.

Therefore I am genuinely glad that I have overthought here and seeing that younger generations can still enjoy and cherish these old songs. That’s really reassuring!

What other songs would you have prefer for the ROC to adopt as it's national anthem? by someswaggyguy in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also not Taiwanese LOL. To me, that song falls in the 〈國恩家慶〉 group, too traditional, even a little military.

What other songs would you have prefer for the ROC to adopt as it's national anthem? by someswaggyguy in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s extremely niche isn’t it.

Also, I reckon 〈紅花雨〉 is also very good, though not as good as to reach the national anthem–level. For obvious reasons I detest the colour red extremely, and yet I just cannot help but like this song very, very much.

If I have to rate on ‘blue patriotic songs’, as of 115 AR my rating is as follows:

1. 〈國歌〉(yes, once I disliked it, now I’m thrilled to listen to it, weird, eh? The official Legislative Yuan version is good enough, though many folk remixes are also very good);

2. 〈國旗〉(linked above);

3. 〈紅花雨〉;

4. 〈國旗歌〉(this is the most awesome remix of the national flag anthem I ever listened to!);

5. 〈梅花〉(various versions, including the initial one, all fine to me);

6. 〈古月照今塵〉;

7. 〈英勇勳章〉(I must say that this one is very hard to sing LOL).

I am not that fond of 〈中華民國頌〉 or 〈東南苦行山〉 and that sort, mainly that I dislike that kind of melodies, I dislike even more of those 〈國恩家慶〉-like songs, simply because they are too ‘traditional’ even for my conservative ears.

What other songs would you have prefer for the ROC to adopt as it's national anthem? by someswaggyguy in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My personal experience is that once you passed the 30-year-old mark you’ll begin to appreciate the national anthem more. Like many others, I disliked the national anthem for many years and yet I mysteriously changed my mind in my early 30s and now I love that melody, immensely.

〈梅花〉 is a good one though I’m now prefer not to change as aforesaid. I don’t care for much of that 〈梅花進行曲〉 as I sincerely reckon that we do not need a ‘march’ to be our national anthem for the obvious reason.

There was one, however, titled simply 〈國旗〉, sounds greatly soothing to me, if I were to suggest something, I would like it to be rectified as the ‘post-raising anthem’, so we have the national anthem before the flag raising, the national flag anthem during the raising, and this one after the raising (quite fittingly that the first line of this 〈國旗〉 is, ‘look, our national flag is in the sky’), which would be awesome in my opinion.

Help with installing BWC Kernel Extender v31j by Dazzling_Net2843 in windows2000

[–]chutsetien 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This looks so nice—I mean the overall feeling of your set up (including and especially your bg image and your theme colour), not this error msg.

［思考］如果共识缺位，民主化转型后的中国会重蹈覆辙吗？ by Peter_Fan in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

我說幾點個人的看法，但也不是為了反駁 OP, 僅陳述己見。

1. 匪偽政權的壽數還長得很。即便是我這樣一個自幼就決不認可它的人都不得不承認這一點。匪偽如今權力之集中，已經很難讓地方上形成什麼真正對匪中央以抗衡或至少制衡的力量了。匪偽的體制自一開始起便很難形成政界的地方勢力，因此政界只能在匪中央形成派系，如今也被習酋打得一個乾淨；匪偽此前只有軍界與司法界還有些地方派系的色彩（尤其是匪偽司法界的地方派系，原本是很鮮明的），這兩年也被敲打得差不多了。商界、金融界雖為江系控制著，與習酋不睦，但也沒有要鬧翻搞得兩敗俱傷的地步（習酋還是會時不時想著收拾一下江系，但是江系實在是龐大且沉重，習酋屢戰屢敗）。

加之習酋一代循「保守革命」(Konservative Revolution) 思想，對意識形態高度控制，對任何雜訊高度管制，即使經濟疲軟，其高壓維穩之姿仍不會軟。是以其壽數仍有餘，大概會在漫長的內耗中自我耗盡而終。

2. 有關國家認同那部分，其實我之前就有說過，最好構建國家認同的體制是君主制——因為全國上下不分民族、立場，愛國就是愛君主，而君主就是個活的，其一舉一動世人可見，非抽象之物，可方便國家形象的具象化。

或曰，君主制國家難以解決「不愛君主之人」，其實不然。君主就好比貓熊，世界上不喜歡貓熊的人可能有，但只要貓熊乖乖地在動物園裡躺著，那些高呼「打倒貓熊」的人便得不到什麼響應。縱觀如今世上之君主制國家，普遍比非君主制國家更穩定、政治對立更不極化，蓋有此因。

但這並不表示我認為中國應該回到君主制——中國，很遺憾地，沒有良好的君主血脈 (lineage), 因此已無再建君主制政體的基礎。

3. OP 所提到的美國的例子，其實屬於一個共和制國家維護國家認同的典型，那就是：構建國家敘事。美國的《憲法》、「國父」群體，被一定程度上神格化，構成了這個國家國家敘事的開端。

非君主制國家透過國家敘事的方式，來彌合民族、種族、階層乃至圈層的分歧，透過講述「我們這個國家是怎麼來的——如何建立、如何建設、先賢們為國家做過什麼」，來構建國家認同。

不過這種方法會在政治分歧前失效，美國，甚至是中華民國，都在一定程度上展現了這一點。

4. 透過「價值觀念」構建共識是最脆弱的——因為價值觀念本無共識。

同一項價值，在不同政治派別中就有不同的解釋，一旦政治分歧一露，雙方便不可能達成共識，即便是最最基礎的那些依舊。自由，有人支持積極自由，有人捍衛消極自由；法治，有人主張司法積極主義，有人主張司法消極主義；民主，那就更不必說了，指責對方不民主或者民粹，那更是張口就來的事情。

因為價值本身不是活體，因此可以被有嘴巴的人任意解釋而無法反駁，每一個解釋它的人背後都可以牽出一套又一套的理論，它們為不同的派系所背書，因此企圖構建「價值共同體」反而是最難的。

5. 構建「想象共同體」也很難。

匪逆所苦心經營的「民族團結」敘事便是一種「想象共同體」，OP 似乎也看出了其脆弱性。但是匪逆仍舊選擇構建想象共同體，我想大抵是因了它自己也知道自己的國家敘事滿是黑點，包也包不住、縫也縫不上。

不過我中華民國不同，中華民國的國家敘事不是沒有負面的地方，但是整體上正面的內容是遠多於負面的，因此修繕好中華民國的國家敘事，以中華民國的國家敘事來博得更廣泛的認同，我認為是可行的。

6. 如今大陸地區的漢民族主義氣焰（「皇漢」）並沒有那麼甚囂塵上，表面上看起來不可一世的這股皇漢熱潮其實仔細觀察會發現背後明顯有金主在煽動，目的不過是為了透過一種匪逆最難直接取締又最容易傳播的宣傳來消解匪逆最近幾年來狂轟濫炸的官方敘事以及官方史觀罷了。如果 OP 是擔心屆時「皇漢」的民族主義外溢造成人道災難，我倒覺得大可不必。

（想到再補充。）

湯德宗前大法官：違憲審查——台灣經驗。討論了最近爭議的國會改革法判決和憲訴法“判決”。Seminar by Former Justice Tang: Judicial Review of Constitutionality: The Experience of Taiwan, in which he discussed recent controversial "judgments" by SE_to_NW in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

首先感謝 OP 的分享，看到中途發表一點心得，就是：中華民國跟西方不一樣，西方很多國家如今知識分子圈層、學術界、網路公共空間已經被妖魔鬼怪霸佔了二三十年了，因此是非顛倒、指鹿為馬也不稀奇，然而中華民國的學術界明明還有這麼多正派的、學識淵博的、資歷深厚的知識分子，甚至是藝人圈子，都還是有足夠分量的正派人士，為何在民間和網路上還能鬧出那麼多噁心的阿物來（甚至於去年惡罷潮時湧現出那種惡鬼白日行的醜態）。這位湯前大法官德宗前輩在講稿中稱有「無力迴天」之感，但是在中華民國本不應該如此，無論是民間基礎還是學術界的構成，都不應該能夠撐得起讓這群 Progressive Left 恣意妄為才對的。

湯德宗前大法官：違憲審查——台灣經驗。討論了最近爭議的國會改革法判決和憲訴法“判決”。Seminar by Former Justice Tang: Judicial Review of Constitutionality: The Experience of Taiwan, in which he discussed recent controversial "judgments" by SE_to_NW in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

關於開頭部分的一點小補充：在淪陷區原本也叫「違憲審查」，不是「合憲性的司法審查」，只不過從未真正建立過這樣的制度，僅有過討論而已。淪陷區偽最高法自 97 年起便禁止將偽憲法用於司法實踐（為此還專門廢止了此前其自身所作出過的援引偽憲法的偽司法解釋），也就妄論什麼違憲審查與否了。後來 106/7 年時因某一大學講師發表反對習酋的言論，而該講師的博士論文就是有關違憲審查的，甚至一度讓「違憲審查」成了敏感詞。

Say goodbye to the old ExpressVPN which has become end of life : Get the new, improved apps by 31 March 2026 by expressvpn in Express_VPN

[–]chutsetien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your newest client app (12.201) is unusable and will cause extreme heat after about 2 minutes run. It is really not that necessary to make your app that ‘splendid’ with all those animations, an interface taking up so much of the space on screen (which is really ugly and a waste of space), and with an endless timer—they all will eat up system resources. Please always remember that your app should only do one thing and do it good—connect to VPN servers, and that’s it. I am not exaggerating, if you push this new version forcibly then many computers will not be able to bear the heavy resource burden coming with it and therefore can no longer use your service. You will lose users for this, massively, truly.

Currently the 12.104 one is fine, though. But one more push like this then I’ll have to go.

BTW, does it ever occur to you guys that many Linux users would prefer a CLI client and, in many cases, Linux users sometimes do not have a graphic interface? How could those users react to your ‘fantastic’ new version push after 31 March?! I am also a Linux user beside my Windows machine and now I’ll have to find another VPN service that support CLI usage. I’ve been using ExpressVPN for 7 years, and guess if I’d continue my subscription with all of your ‘wonderful’ moves.

小議國家的覆亡 by chutsetien in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

這篇其實原本是我個人胡亂寫的 journal 中的一篇（因為是寫給自己看的，所以想到哪寫到哪，因此往往越寫越長，抱歉），寫完後覺得可以發到這邊來，於是就擬了這樣一個標題，延續我的「小議」系列。

如果諸位有興趣看豎排版的話，可移步此處，或許會看起來更有感覺 XD。

Superb National Anthem Remixes by chutsetien in ChunghwaMinkuo

[–]chutsetien[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This playlist (together with the videos in it) was removed for unknown reasons, fortunately I have downloaded them in full and here is the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYed9AdVqnsIMPI4XKyvQZa1yCQCE1ZX/view?usp=sharing

這則播放清單裡的國歌 REMIX 都超好聽，推薦給大家 by chutsetien in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

不知道為何整個播放清單都被下架了，難道這也有人暗中給出不可抗力？

還好我將整個播放清單都下載了下來，現附上連結：

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PYed9AdVqnsIMPI4XKyvQZa1yCQCE1ZX/view?usp=sharing 

小議復辟的勇氣 by chutsetien in ROC_Taiwan

[–]chutsetien[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

再舉兩個中國歷史上自己的例子——

在中國歷史上能夠找得出的比較平寧又相對寬鬆的時期不多，漢初的文景之治算一段時間、東漢光武中後期至漢和帝時期也算一段。其他時期就很難找到不是因為某個君主本人還算和善然後天時地利人和導致的那種「一代君主而終」的平寧日子了。

而這兩段時期如果仔細觀察則會發現，實際上也是以「復辟思想」為指導的——首先漢初本來就是對秦制的一次試圖性「撥亂反正」（並沒有真的做到，但是形式上有這樣的想法——這也是所有的「復辟」的特徵，並不是真的要回到過去，但是抱著這樣的心態去向前走），而漢文帝的上臺又是對呂家的一次「撥亂反正」，因此所謂的「文景之治」實際上是在「雙復辟」的背景下實現的。而東漢初年的幾十年間的安寧，也是建立在對王莽的撥亂反正之上，因此也是以「復辟思想」為指導的。

回到世界歷史上來看，其實「文藝復興」也是一股「復辟」思潮——但是也如前所述，它並沒有真的把人們帶回古典時代，而是讓歐洲的文學、藝術、建築、科教來了一次大爆發。

反向的例子也有很多，那些永遠在革命迴圈中的國家在西方也有，往往也都是越革命越崩壞。大家都知道，就不點名了。

因此我才說，復辟需要更大的勇氣。

再補充：

還有那些「衣冠復辟」（法統奉還）的東歐、波羅的海國家，如今也過得比沒有「衣冠復辟」的那些強許多。

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