There was a guy who declared himself the Emperor of the United States for years and a lot of people played along with it, but it didn't make it any more true
There was a guy who declared himself President of the Confederacy, and a million people died.
You know what makes things true? Numbers and will. Facts are independent of realpolitik. Truth is not.
This is why nobody is going to stop China with anything less than nuclear weaponry.
You're conflating "fact" with "truth".
Do not use the word true in a discussion about religion. It does not mean what you think it means.
It is a FACT that Vader is Anakin. It is True that Vader killed Anakin.
And this is why you lose to the SJWs.
There was a guy who declared himself President of the Confederacy, and a million people died.
You know what makes things true? Numbers and will. Facts are independent of realpolitik. Truth is not.
This is why nobody is going to stop China with anything less than nuclear weaponry.