▲ 607 ▼ US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 118 points 2 years ago (5 children) Capitalism abusing citizens? Just fine. "Communism" abusing citizens? Avengers, assemble! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) They're prospective communists. Supposedly they're going to get there by 2050, but they just built a new massive luxury tower for their ultra wealthy so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just like Marx said: "If you do an oppressive oligarchy for 100 years, it magically transforms into communism" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] beardown@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago If that were true then the United States would have been communist by now permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago I think they're more worried that it's a foreign corporation going after their citizens and not a domestic corporation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago More of a capitalistic dictatorship permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) They're prospective communists. Supposedly they're going to get there by 2050, but they just built a new massive luxury tower for their ultra wealthy so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just like Marx said: "If you do an oppressive oligarchy for 100 years, it magically transforms into communism" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] beardown@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago If that were true then the United States would have been communist by now permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just like Marx said: "If you do an oppressive oligarchy for 100 years, it magically transforms into communism" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] beardown@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago If that were true then the United States would have been communist by now permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beardown@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago If that were true then the United States would have been communist by now permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago I think they're more worried that it's a foreign corporation going after their citizens and not a domestic corporation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago More of a capitalistic dictatorship permalink fedilink source parent