They don't actually want to get rid of tiktok. They just want it to be owned by a consortium of American billionaires so they can influence public policy more easily.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

That is a just cause in theory

Except billionaires aren’t loyal to any accepted borders

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Part of me would rather have it with capitalistic sociopaths that want to extract my money rather than an authoritarian government that is provably responsible for (multiple?) genocide(s). Like, in a perfect world, there’s a better system, but at least our government still, in theory, can control the businesses within our country. They won’t though.

[–] pop@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

an authoritarian government that is provably responsible for (multiple?) genocide(s)

Yes, US has a history of it. As a matter of fact, it was built on a genocide of the native population and is currently contributing to one in the middle ea

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Whataboutism. One, in theory, I have a say for/against(in theory) another I don’t. It isn’t hard. But, yes, US bAd. Good job. Anything to actually add?

You don’t have to tell me about the murders of my ancestors.

Also, to follow up, the US government doesn’t control social media here, unlike wherever your bot farm is out of. Which is why your whataboutism really falls flat, cause one media company is controlled by an authoritarian government currently eradicating Uighurs and the other is owned by Zuck, who’s trying to idk honestly, drown in money?

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am not a synthetic bot, instead, I am a human being but yes, USA bad.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

That, we’ll agree on.