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In the long run it's better that both China and US have deep tentacles wrapped around each other. The more culture and dependencies merge and intertwine the mo
by ty6853 2y ago
In the long run it's better that both China and US have deep tentacles wrapped around each other. The more culture and dependencies merge and intertwine the more cooperation looks attractive over war.
- drawkward 2y agoBetter for everyone but american labor, you mean.
- ty6853 2y agoI think American labor is not so infantile they need paternal oversight over what apps they download, for one.
- drawkward 2y agoI see, you prefer jobs outsourced to a deeply intertwined china.
- Geezus_42 2y agoBillionaires chose to move our manufacturing overseas so they could make more money. The working class didn't stop them when we had the chance.
- grajaganDev 2y agoAt the cost of China controlling the recommendation system that decides what content US people consume?
- ty6853 2y agoThe cost of free speech, including commercial or propaganda, is people get manipulated by it. Some including myself argue is you end up with even more nefarious control when censored, rather than having the option of which if any propaganda apps you want to consume. There are some controls like certain pornography, but if these exist they should apply uniformly, not based on whether we like the person publishing it.
- grajaganDev 2y agoI am concerned that our elections could be and have been distorted by our adversaries using TikToc and other platforms. I am not OK with that.
- Timber-6539 2y agoYou are basically saying American adults are impressionable children hence cannot be trusted to participate in elections held by US electoral institutions.
- alickz 2y agoAmericans are humans and all humans are susceptible to advertising/propaganda
- groggo 2y agothis is the cost of free speech. it has to be, or free speech is meaningless. yes speech influences people.
- bdangubic 2y agoso we ban all advertising/“propaganda”? who gets to decide what is or isn’t propaganda if we gonna ban it?
- alickz 2y ago> who gets to decide what is or isn’t propaganda if we gonna ban it? in a representative republic that would ideally be the elected representatives
- grajaganDev 2y agoI am saying that but would prefer to state it this way: Individuals are not equipped to recognized and counter the effects of highly sophisticated influence operations run by adversaries with enormous resources.
- crimsoneer 2y agoThe US could have just built a regulator and laws like we have for alcohol and drugs. It's not difficult. But banning the creepy Chinese thing is far easier.
- grajaganDev 2y agoIt is very difficult - social media giants have very powerful lobbies.
- akoncius 2y agothe same argument was about Russia and west relationship with it in the last 20 years, look what we have now
- ty6853 2y agoRussia is far less a threat to us in the last 20 or 30 years than it was the 20 or 30 before that.