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It's from a constitution written by a warmonger that called himself Generalissimo, in 1947, and imposed the longest (at the time) martial law. Since Taiwan's democratisation, any move to change even minor parts of the constitution are seen by China as reason for military intervention. The only way the PRC has claim to Taiwan is through a "succession of states", and that's why preventing Taiwan from rewriting a constitution written by a coloniser (the Republic of China) is important to them
I agree with everything you said, I just tend not to support the continued states that stem from fascism and don't have institutional purges in the state apparatus and in the economic powers.
What?
If we're talking fascism in terms of: belief in the need for a national rebirth (振興中華明民族), militarism, authoritarianism, political purges, the PRC scores much closer to a inter-war fascist European state. Talk to any Chinese and ask them what they think the state's view on "class struggle" is today.
From your link:
Nothing about removing the people in power from the institutions or the economic powers. It's about redeeming the victims, but not about transforming the system and putting new people in power.
What you're looking for was tried by the progressive administrations following democratisation, but faced opposition in the Legislative Yuan, mainly from the opposition KMT party, including rewording of "paying reparations" to "paying compensations" to the victims
It's absurd to claim Taiwan today is moulded by the White Terror era, or that the administration or political entities have fascist policies.
Again, if we look at the framework of fascism, the PRC is much closer to a fascist definition than Taiwan
My original claim:
Your last comment:
So you agree with my point that public institutions and economic power are tainted with non-purged members of the fascist state? I'm very insistent about this because I happen to be a Spaniard, and I have equal criticism towards my own government, which never purged the political or economical powers after the 1975-1980 transition to bourgeois democracy.
Absolutely ridiculous. Communism is literally the polar opposite of Fascism and has shown this time and time again. All of the land of China, for starters, belongs to the people collectively through the state, and is only leased through 80-year periods to homeowners, directly making impossible the accumulation of wealth through real state. This by itself is more communist than any policy in Taiwan.