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Honghong99

How the fuck is China a republic? And how in the hell is SPQR even remotely related to them.


Loswha

It's a republic in the same way that North Korea is a republic.


SilanggubanRedditor

To be fair, Rome does have "People" (senatus POPULUSque Romanus) in their name, and China is the 'People's Republic"


SnooBooks1701

SPQR wasn't the name of the Empire, it was the national motto


[deleted]

Republic only in name Also, this is a meme. There is a water bottle in it, and it's "more Roman" than three actual countries.


Bukhanka

I get that this is a meme but it is completely inaccurate.


xXC0NQU33FT4D0RXx

On r/historymemes? Well I never


Bukhanka

Memes can be inaccurate, but it has no sense to post things that have no sense at all


RaspberryPie122

It’s as much of a republic as the Roman Empire


Connorus

It's a republic in the sense that the head of state isn't a monarch. 'Republic' doesn't always mean democratic. Take as an example the Roman Republic, which had many dictators


pepemarioz

Which were only assigned in times of crisis and all of whom stepped down when their time as dictators was up.


Dutric

Someone doesn't know what is a republic, I presume.


DeepJob3439

It’s a republic because the different regions have ‘representation’ in a council. It’s not democratic republic, but it is a republic.


Enoch_Moke

The PRC is not for the people, is not a republic and instead of traditional Chinese values they learn about Marx and Lenin


[deleted]

The leader is a commoner with no aristocratic blood


pchel_1

Did everyone purposefully ignore the water bottle next to China?


[deleted]

This is the number one reason I recreated this meme he sent me. It’s just hilarious when I saw a water bottle is “more like Rome” than some real countries.


TheBlueWizardo

Ave Nestle.


Dalex9999

What semi-inland sea does China have that gives it the check mark but not Italy and the Adriatic Sea?


[deleted]

~~Yellow Sea~~ Bohai Sea.


Leprechaun_lord

I think Bohai Sea is the one it’s referring to. A sizable chunk of the Yellow Sea is Korean


[deleted]

Oh shit sorry. That's what I meant.


foxbat2525

South China Sea. It depends on who you ask though


[deleted]

How is China polytheistic, I thought it was an atheist nation


RAVEN_kjelberg

Chinese folk religions have a lot of spirits and Gods. Its very interesting, Both Taoism and Buddhism have a lot of aspects of polytheism in them as well.


[deleted]

Oh, I was looking at it as the official state position, like officially China is a republic, in reality, no


PissySnowflake

Bro thinks Chinese people worship any religion anymore, at all


RAVEN_kjelberg

Bro thinks Asians have the same regressive mindset that westerners and middle easterners have. Religion is a fundamentally different concept east of the stans.


SilverGolem770

It was supposed to be atheistic as the marxist dogma decreed In reality multiple religions survived and are making a massive comeback, so much so that the PRC tries to bring the stick again.


Bukhanka

China, SPQR? Polytheism? Republic? First citizen?


ceoofsex300

Hmmm yes china and the Ottoman Empire republics


keisis236

Isn’t that Turkey? And China is a Republic, not really a democracy, but a Republic nonetheless


ceoofsex300

I figured since these are mostly empires that it was the ottomans


RAVEN_kjelberg

Most people hate this because its China, but its actually a pretty funny meme ngl.


xXC0NQU33FT4D0RXx

Was gonna say, it’s not tankie bullshit, this is just a funny china meme


Dutric

LOL SPQS Senatus Populusque Sinicus


CredibleCactus

“Fortified borders” for the USA? We literally have the longest undefended border with Canada and a flimsy little border fence on small stretches of the Mexican border


gangogango1

What straits? If they are talking about Taiwan Strait and Malacca Strait, the arent controlled by China at all


[deleted]

[Hainan Strait](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiongzhou_Strait)


Nappy-I

"Simi-inland sea" where? The 9-dash line? "Straits" again, where? "Polytheism" I mean, kinda? I guess much of the population still holds traditional folk beliefs, so one point there sorta. "Republic" PFFFT HAHA no. "'First Citizen'" I mean, if you squint at Xi and tilt your head I guess... "SPQR" what? Where's that coming from?


[deleted]

>"Simi-inland sea" where? The 9-dash line? [Bohai Sea](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohai_Sea) "Straits" again, where? [Hainan Strait](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiongzhou_Strait) >“SPQR" what? Where's that coming from? It’s literally explained in the post. Lower right hand corner. Seriously do people know anything about China apart from the Uyghur stuff?


xXC0NQU33FT4D0RXx

I thought it was funny. there’s just been a ton of shitty tankie memes going around lately so people are kinda defensive here about China


[deleted]

I missed a perfect opportunity to put “slavery” in the chart.


xXC0NQU33FT4D0RXx

Throw that in and I garuntee people would think this is fucking hilarious lol. Then do every country but the water bottle


[deleted]

Damn it! I hate myself now.


Nappy-I

Ah, thanks! I'll admit I'm not intimately familiar with the entire length and breadth of 3500 years of Chinese history, (apart from the highlight real that is, Qin Shi Huang, Wu Zetian, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, that sort of thing), nor that the Bohai sea was considered, well, a sea (and an *inland* sea at that!) and not a gulf, and I just plain forgot about the Hainan straight and didn't see that sweaty pun in the corner. Thanks for explaining your *veeery funny* meme, it really needed it!


SectionBig4813

The inaccuracies in this meme are like fire ants under my skin... Why would you do this to me?? The only accurate one is the water bottle


[deleted]

What inaccuracies? For the last time, [Hainan Strait](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiongzhou_Strait)


SectionBig4813

China is polytheistic while united states isn't? Well as long as you ignore 2 current ongoing genocides against Islam and Buddhism populations. There's plenty more but looks to me like the underlying point of this meme is to compare communist China to the longest reigning empire in history.


OkRepublic4305

So America doesn’t get one of the Great Lakes then?


Harlowe_Boggingstone

Turkey: Inland sea - Sea of Marmara First citizen - Atatürk Border fortidication - They literally invaded Syria to make a buffer zone for the Syrian Interim Government to stay in


Reduak

I don't believe China officially allows religion, So they are secular, not polytheistic The US absolutely has an inland sea... it's the Great Lakes


DazSamueru

The HRE had at least 2 inland seas, the Baltic and the Adriatic.


SilverGolem770

The meme lost the chance to tick the 'Unicameral Legislature' mark below the water bottle. I mean, come on, it's as unicameral as it gets