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Taking back control by _checks notes_ handing the Chinese propaganda tool to supporters of the current administration?

paganel 1y ago
Yes, indeed. As the current administration, any US administration in the last 30-40 or years in fact, is for a fact very pro-Israel, so a move like this can only cement that stance.
fullshark 1y ago
You wrote this as a snarky rebuttal but you seem to be agreeing with OP? Confusing post.
- bootsmann 1y ago
  I didn't realize I was agreeing with op tbh (and I'm still not certain)
  - hopelite 1y ago
    People don’t seem to realize that none of these issues are a light switch, red or blue, left or right, my team vs your team; a template the system has worked hard to confine people into especially in the core of the empire, America, because it makes management easier. It starts as early as childhood cartoons/movies. You are/project yourself as the righteous character and they are the zombies, bad guys, evil wizard, etc. Things are never that simple, but that’s why people are trained into this format. It’s easier managing things when you’ve constrained people into a duality and even intentionally set them against each other to distract. What is confusing to people is that things like TikTok is like ranchers battling over control of the cattle. Most don’t realize they are not ranchers, as they graze and consume what they are fed to think and engage with.
yibg 1y ago
Yes exactly. The US government likes propaganda. They just don't like it when other countries do it.
- lenerdenator 1y ago
  That's how all ruling classes and governments throughout history have operated. It's now just mask-off in a country that people mistakenly thought didn't do that sort of thing.
  - yibg 1y ago
    Yea agree. The US used to be good at making the world believe they're all about freedom and rights etc. Now they don't seem to even bother trying anymore.
    - herbst 1y ago
      That has been a long while ago since they stopped trying to portrait this image
    - 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
      I read a lot of anti-American comments like this one, mostly on American websites like Hacker News and Youtube. I'd say the anti-American comments outnumber the pro-American ones something like 10 to 1. The US may not be preaching about freedom and rights. But it seems to be practicing it, at least in the narrow sense that anti-American content isn't being censored or suppressed.
      - yibg 1y ago
        Can't speak for others. My "anti-American" comment is due to the difference between what's preached and what's practiced. "Leader of the free world", "greatest country on earth" etc. I also wouldn't characterize my comment as anti-American so much as disappointed in America. There is of course more freedom in the US than in say China. But I'm also not holding up China as a beacon of freedom. The US on the other hand, the land of the free, freedoms and rights are being eroded.
hopelite 1y ago
I’m not a big TikTok user. Can you characterize the nature of the Chinese propaganda everyone keeps citing in reference to TikTok?

Yes, indeed. As the current administration, any US administration in the last 30-40 or years in fact, is for a fact very pro-Israel, so a move like this can only cement that stance.

fullshark 1y ago

You wrote this as a snarky rebuttal but you seem to be agreeing with OP? Confusing post.

bootsmann 1y ago
I didn't realize I was agreeing with op tbh (and I'm still not certain)
- hopelite 1y ago
  People don’t seem to realize that none of these issues are a light switch, red or blue, left or right, my team vs your team; a template the system has worked hard to confine people into especially in the core of the empire, America, because it makes management easier. It starts as early as childhood cartoons/movies. You are/project yourself as the righteous character and they are the zombies, bad guys, evil wizard, etc. Things are never that simple, but that’s why people are trained into this format. It’s easier managing things when you’ve constrained people into a duality and even intentionally set them against each other to distract. What is confusing to people is that things like TikTok is like ranchers battling over control of the cattle. Most don’t realize they are not ranchers, as they graze and consume what they are fed to think and engage with.

yibg 1y ago

Yes exactly. The US government likes propaganda. They just don't like it when other countries do it.

lenerdenator 1y ago
That's how all ruling classes and governments throughout history have operated. It's now just mask-off in a country that people mistakenly thought didn't do that sort of thing.
- yibg 1y ago
  Yea agree. The US used to be good at making the world believe they're all about freedom and rights etc. Now they don't seem to even bother trying anymore.
  - herbst 1y ago
    That has been a long while ago since they stopped trying to portrait this image
  - 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
    I read a lot of anti-American comments like this one, mostly on American websites like Hacker News and Youtube. I'd say the anti-American comments outnumber the pro-American ones something like 10 to 1. The US may not be preaching about freedom and rights. But it seems to be practicing it, at least in the narrow sense that anti-American content isn't being censored or suppressed.
    - yibg 1y ago
      Can't speak for others. My "anti-American" comment is due to the difference between what's preached and what's practiced. "Leader of the free world", "greatest country on earth" etc. I also wouldn't characterize my comment as anti-American so much as disappointed in America. There is of course more freedom in the US than in say China. But I'm also not holding up China as a beacon of freedom. The US on the other hand, the land of the free, freedoms and rights are being eroded.

hopelite 1y ago

I’m not a big TikTok user. Can you characterize the nature of the Chinese propaganda everyone keeps citing in reference to TikTok?