> A democratic society should be held to a higher standard than an authoritarian one. I'm not sure why this would override prudence. > If there's credible ev

> A democratic society should be held to a higher standard than an authoritarian one. I'm not sure why this would override prudence. > If there's credible evidence to suggest TikTok is doing something nefarious, we can have a discussion, but until then it should not be banned. Why wouldn't a nation mitigate risk? Countries compete and work together, but there is a pattern to US and Chinese sanctioned actions. Ignoring the history in the interest of a manufactured principle is foolish. A lot of your examples (ie "you don't") do happen all the time all over the world and have throughout history. Shockingly enough, these acts are effective motivators and solutions to underlying problems, in many circumstances. Pretending that they are useless or counterproductive is probably accurate, for some circumstances as well. Not sure why that matters, other than to muddy the conversation.