The pagers were licensed by the Taiwanese company. Officially produced in Europe by Hungarian company BAC. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwan-firm-denies-making-pagers-used-lebanon-explosions-rcna171594. But BAC a shell company so the rabbit hole continues.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

More recent update, all the actual manufacturers were shell companies wholly operated by Mossad.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the meme is suggesting that they were literally made by "the West" but maybe I'm missing something

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Taiwan is part of the capitalist core which is basically synonymous with the west. Honorary west you could say, at least until its strategic significance drops and it will get abandoned by USA.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I understand that argument, but to me that departs from normal parlance of the kind that would ever be used in a meme.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Think of it like more of a political term than geographical, and so popular that anyone meaning geographical uses expressions like "western hemisphere" or clear point of orientation "west of...".