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It's the same fake argument every time they try to take away your rights (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

According to that logic we should ban Instagram and Facebook

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So the goal is to make laws like China does?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

China doesn't claim to be liberal, so no

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

So we're no different? Is that your argument? If so we're saying the same thing. This paves the way for more bans in the future.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No. But that’s not the point. America’s government allows foreign aid interests to buy land and other property in America. Should they ban all of it, even if it crashes the economy?

American Soil' Is Increasingly Foreign Owned

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn straight they should. No foreign entity should own any American land. Same goes for Canada too, with the obvious problem being their housing crisis caused by foreign real estate investment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Congratulations, we have just destroyed global capitalism. Let’s go.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Short answer: No

Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooo

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Its worth adding, TikTok in China (it's called something else, I'm blanking) is entirely controlled on the state and there is absolutely no way that it would be permitted to host any political discussion or advocate mass action not approved by the state. Their "Hey call your congressman" stunt was the most idiotic PR move ever, because they demonstrated that this company is willing and able to leverage the userbase in the US in ways that would never be permitted in "West Taiwan".