Thread by @notXiangyu

Some updates from the ground in Taiwan 🧵

Political chaos, economic strain, and democratic backsliding are all accelerating, all with the @ChingteLai administration at the center of it. Here's what you need to know:

If you've been following me, you'd know about the "Great Recall" that's going on right now. Basically, the DPP decided that it's an affront to democracy for an opposition-held legislature to vote against DPP policy. Their solution is to recall KMT legislators.

However, the DPP's recall strategy is collapsing. Even they internally admit that only 4 seats might flip. They need 6 to gain a majority. But the damage has been done: society is now more polarized than ever, and dialogue is basically impossible at this point.

The legislature has been reduced to petty insults, physical confrontations, and even spitting. Liberalism in psychosis is basically what the situation is.

Many people are hurting economically, yet the administration claims it's "out of money" EVEN THOUGH over the past 5 years, Taipei collected nearly NT$1.8 trillion in tax surpluses. Where did it all go?

Ordinary families and small businesses are getting crushed by inflation, tariffs, and a weakening currency. Direct stimulus is the least the government can do, but they're claiming to not have the cash. Again, where did it go? Someone should look into it.

Even disaster response has been politicized. After a typhoon hit Tainan and Chiayi, residents were left without water and power for days. The Lai administration was slow to act, and pro-DPP media downplayed the desperate situation.

City and county governments led by the opposition stepped up, sending help while the DPP was more concerned with the "Great Recall."

All of this happening right before the "Great Recall" vote on July 26th is karma for the DPP.

The people say fuck you to the @DPPonline and @ChingteLai.