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TikTok & Snapchat as well. Youths are more prone to getting radicalized too, which would be useful for the Party's geopolitical goals.
by avocado4 7y ago
TikTok & Snapchat as well. Youths are more prone to getting radicalized too, which would be useful for the Party's geopolitical goals.
- adventured 7y agoNo. What's being floated in this thread is an absurd premise. By that premise, Norway controls Microsoft and Apple because they own part of the companies via their sovereign fund. Microsoft by itself of course is worth as much as Norway's entire fund. Snapchat is a publicly traded company, of which institutional money representing primarily US investors controls the dominant position in the company. Reddit is minority owned by Tencent, they hold a small share of the company. If you own 5% of a company the size of Reddit, you have close to zero control over the company. Tencent also does not own a controlling interest in Epic. Tim Sweeney all by himself is estimated to control more of Epic than Tencent does.
- coldtea 7y agoDon't let arguments stand in the way of paranoia!
- throwaway8879 7y ago>By that premise, Norway controls Microsoft and Apple because they own part of the companies Even so, Norway's political/ideological/moral objectives are in line with the west's. There is a difference between the Norwegians having some influence in something, as opposed to the Chinese.
- joejerryronnie 7y agoI'm not sure I would agree with your statement. To me, Norway's socialism is just as abhorrent as China's communism.
- kharak 7y agoThat's the most out of touch American thing I've ever read on this site.
- pergadad 7y agoNorway is not s socialist state, it's a social democracy. Please do read up a bit on the difference as it's quite relevant to understanding politics today and in particular the confusion/conflation of concepts that are pushed in US discourse. In a nutshell, the idea of social democracy is that you cannot have a democracy without ensuring all your citizens have the basics to live decently - food, healthcare, housing. It's a basic responsibility of the state that no one is left behind. This is very different from the concept of Socialism (as it is understood in the US context) which much more aims towards equalising.
- enraged_camel 7y agoThe only reason it seems absurd is because the level of interconnectedness in today’s society and the various entities in it is simply unprecedented. While there may not be a grand conspiracy, it isn’t too far-fetched to suggest that organizations that specialize in espionage, sabotage and propaganda can figure out, or may already have figured out, how to pull the various levers at their disposal to achieve their goals.
- jimmydef 7y agoThe fact that your well reasoned comment is downvoted shows how bad the Chinese hysteria has gotten.
- oblio 7y agoOh, give it time! Wait for the Chinese economy to be 2x the American one.