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Yeah, this isn't a perspective I've seen anyone elucidate, and I don't have any evidence for it, but my gut says that it's a corrupt play intended to force sale

Yeah, this isn't a perspective I've seen anyone elucidate, and I don't have any evidence for it, but my gut says that it's a corrupt play intended to force sale/some other tawdry goal. Or maybe they just want to get back at those "tiktok teens."

LatteLazy 6y ago
The crazy thing is, I'd actually support real action on China. The CCP are a problem I feel we have been ignoring for too long. Instead, everything trump has done has been carefully designed NOT to actually change anything except to produce headlines in both countries and try to make more people indebted or reliant on his administration and strengthen the hand of the CCP. Of course, we're now deep into my opinions :)
- rchaud 6y ago
  "real action" on China would require the hard work of making the case to the 100m American TT users, building a bipartisan consensus, and passing a bill. The current administration has no intention of doing any of that. Attemping to rule by decree is easier and makes for immediate headlines. By the time the executive order gets thrown out in court, plenty of political hay has been made among the party faithful. And when the order does get thrown out in court, the administration blames 'activist judges' instead of the merits of their own case.
  - LatteLazy 6y ago
    That's roughly my expectation too, though there is a chance the order will stand: courts are surprisingly accepting of "we can't tell you, national security" as long as the order is quite narrow. An order only targeting TT might well be acceptable to a sufficiently disinterested judge. Either way, the CCP will continue (or even intensify) it's activities, Trump will rally the faithful and someone will probably make a few billion for nothing more than already having a few billion and being in the right place at the right time.

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Yeah, this isn't a perspective I've seen anyone elucidate, and I don't have any evidence for it, but my gut says that it's a corrupt play intended to force sale

by roflc0ptic 6y ago

LatteLazy 6y ago
The crazy thing is, I'd actually support real action on China. The CCP are a problem I feel we have been ignoring for too long. Instead, everything trump has done has been carefully designed NOT to actually change anything except to produce headlines in both countries and try to make more people indebted or reliant on his administration and strengthen the hand of the CCP. Of course, we're now deep into my opinions :)
- rchaud 6y ago
  "real action" on China would require the hard work of making the case to the 100m American TT users, building a bipartisan consensus, and passing a bill. The current administration has no intention of doing any of that. Attemping to rule by decree is easier and makes for immediate headlines. By the time the executive order gets thrown out in court, plenty of political hay has been made among the party faithful. And when the order does get thrown out in court, the administration blames 'activist judges' instead of the merits of their own case.
  - LatteLazy 6y ago
    That's roughly my expectation too, though there is a chance the order will stand: courts are surprisingly accepting of "we can't tell you, national security" as long as the order is quite narrow. An order only targeting TT might well be acceptable to a sufficiently disinterested judge. Either way, the CCP will continue (or even intensify) it's activities, Trump will rally the faithful and someone will probably make a few billion for nothing more than already having a few billion and being in the right place at the right time.