▲ 88 ▼ US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments Lawmaker: TikTok must "sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party."
[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) There isn't one. All nations exploit. Governments are corrupt. I'm not arguing the US is good, I'm arguing all nations are bad. Cool, why haven't any Black people been shot in China? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] axont@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) i hate when liberals do this, the "i hate all countries" thing. America invades another country every 3 years on average and this is just as bad as China, a country that hasn't invaded anyone since 1979? What is this reasoning. This is like those Protestants who say lying about your homework is an equal sin as murdering someone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago It's because it's not reasoning, it's a thought-terminating cliche to help them advocate for maintaining the status quo while not feeling like they're in favor of the status quo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago I've cheated on my homework before. So I guess it's time to be deeply unserious permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I guess this was shared on hexbear or lemygrad. I'll see it soon enough from there I guess. Why does China not allow all western companies into their ecosystem? Is it because of race? Obviously not. It's about power and control, and I'm not dense enough to think otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] axont@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) i hate when liberals do this, the "i hate all countries" thing. America invades another country every 3 years on average and this is just as bad as China, a country that hasn't invaded anyone since 1979? What is this reasoning. This is like those Protestants who say lying about your homework is an equal sin as murdering someone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago It's because it's not reasoning, it's a thought-terminating cliche to help them advocate for maintaining the status quo while not feeling like they're in favor of the status quo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago I've cheated on my homework before. So I guess it's time to be deeply unserious permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago It's because it's not reasoning, it's a thought-terminating cliche to help them advocate for maintaining the status quo while not feeling like they're in favor of the status quo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago I've cheated on my homework before. So I guess it's time to be deeply unserious permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago I guess this was shared on hexbear or lemygrad. I'll see it soon enough from there I guess. Why does China not allow all western companies into their ecosystem? Is it because of race? Obviously not. It's about power and control, and I'm not dense enough to think otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent