Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday

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[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 6 fun13 insightful - 5 fun14 insightful - 6 fun -  (12 children)

Ban every company based in Communist China or that has ties with the CCP, and seize their shares in American companies. Just banning TikTok won't be enough. We're losing the culture war, and it's about time we changed that. Communism has no place on American soil!

[–]Drewski 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I'm no fan of Communism, but oppressive censorship and cronyism is not the way to combat it.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There's big difference between censorship and banning foreign investment.

Also, isn't cronyism just a word libertarians use to describe any time the government does anything?

[–]Drewski 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Banning an app or website for private citizens is censorship. Something China does regularly, but not something a free society should be engaging in.

Cronyism in a political context is generally buying and selling favors, regardless of qualifications. Us libertarians tend to use it a lot, because it describes the current state of capitalism in America.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's censorship when you ban it to prevent the flow of information. The reason the US is banning TikTok is not to censor the users of the app (have you even seen anything remotely intelligent on TikTok?), but rather to strengthen national security, as China is using the app to collect data about US citizens and feed them Communist propaganda. Banning TikTok (and other Chinese apps) will push people towards other platforms where they can more easily access and share information. The only problem is that American companies aren't much better, if better at all, but at least they aren't controlled by a foreign government.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

have you even seen anything remotely intelligent on TikTok?

Yes I have. It has everything to do with what you "like" and who you follow. And no one had any problem with Tik Tok until it started to get political. The left tried to counter with leftist propaganda vids but was absolutely destroyed in the comment section.

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are but two tools, of many

[–]Redditistrash 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit is partially owned by china. Wouldnt mind seeing that blow up for good.

[–]teelo 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

But where will all the normies go!!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How about banning censorship and information gathering, both private and public?

[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is exactly the solution if they were actually concerned about China data mining 12 year olds.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm all for that.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is not about Communism or China. This is about protecting Jewish dominance of media. You can't name one singe platform that is a fraction as popular with kids as tik tok (the main target demographic for propaganda) that isn't controlled by Jews.

inb4 oy vey, the antisemitism!