US has no interest in being beholden to TSMC in the long-term. once that dependency is removed the only reason from a realist perspective to support Taiwan is to provoke Chinese violence, which hopefully never happens.
- A thriving Chinese democracy showing the mainland that no, they are not intrinsically incompatible with freedom.
- The credibility of the US as an ally to other Asian countries.
- Taiwan's strategic location.
don't think we have reconcilable opinions on US motivations but hey I'll gladly be wrong as long as there's no war
https://www.statista.com/statistics/727592/gross-domestic-pr...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/263775/gross-domestic-pr...
> and reliance on foreign powers
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Maybe I phrased things poorly but the point is that mainlanders do not see much to envy. how do you propose that changes exactly?
This is a classic case of citation needed.
It's easy enough to do for the reverse, i.e. that the Taiwanese are not overly enthused by the prospect of "reunification":
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/12/30/2...
Also, they're only "reliant" on foreign powers insofar as they're under threat. Sri Lanka is not "reliant" on foreign powers because India is not threatening them.