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German institutions depart X, a day after Musk's Weidel talk (amp.dw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The US is banning TikTok due to fears of interference by the Chinese government. How does this same reasoning not apply to Twitter for every country outside of the US? The US's long history of not interfering in foreign states' politics? (ha)

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

probably because the US government doesn’t own the majority of Twitter, and US corporate and political governance is still far more trustworthy than the Chinese Communist party.

You really don’t see a difference between the US and China?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

US corporate and political governance is still far more trustworthy than the Chinese Communist party

Absolutely not. They have different aims and goals, sure, but Republicans lie as often as the Chinese Communist party because everything they say is a lie. US corporations make up lies that aren't even just twisting reality.

The Chinese Communist party is currently worse because it has full control of the state to enact their lies. That is the only difference right now, but Republicans and their corporate allies are working towards that goal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As far as I'm aware China hasn't been making any noise about annexing my country, so I guess I do see a difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Must be nice to not live in Taiwan I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You must be in Canada? I thought Chinese dominance over your real estate market was actually a significant issue, requiring recent legislative action.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You thought wrong.

Foreign home ownership makes up a relatively small part of our housing market. Focus on it is mostly a misdirection from the real causes of our cost-of-living problem which is home grown housing speculation and lack of investment in social housing. And even were foreign home ownership occurring at a problematic rate, that's nothing in comparison to annexation of a country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Dunno. Vancouver's pretty fucked for housing and that's got 6.2% foreign ownership rate. I wouldn't mind being able to have a shot at affording a home in my city.

It's not the ONLY reason housing is fucked but 6.2% isn't nothing.