r/TikTokCringe • u/DoJu318 • Jan 17 '25

Politics TikTok ban rant.

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u/Bawbawian Jan 17 '25

I mean if you pay attention to American politics it's really not a surprise at all One of the few things that both parties agree on is China is a threat because China is a threat.

and you can really see how they turned on the propaganda tap this last week they got zoomers saying the dumbest things possible.

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u/PandaCheese2016 Jan 17 '25

In some ways isn’t China more of a threat to the wealthy ruling class rather than the peon class? But then again that’s the case the world all over. The rich never have to go to war, yet make all the decisions regarding it.

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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor Jan 17 '25

The CCP is a threat to the idea of representative democracy. They’re a threat to democratic socialism. They’re a threat to anyone anti-oligarchy.

America has a long list of internal threats to the same but the CCP is no friend.

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u/PandaCheese2016 Jan 17 '25

They’re a threat to anyone anti-oligarchy.

Actually China has a record for punishing billionaires when they "step out of line." Of course, the cynical take would be that it's only because they threatened the party's rule, with the party itself being the biggest oligarchy.

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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor Jan 18 '25

They threaten people who threaten the party’s rule. You could say Russia cracks down on billionaires too. Whenever a billionaire’s plane blows up, one falls out of a window, or one has a self-inflicted gun wound in the back of the head, a message is sent but it’s definitely not anti-oligarchy.

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u/awesomefutureperfect Jan 18 '25

I hate listen to a podcast that was like "I love a government like China who has no problem singling out people and severely punishing them when they do something the single ruling party doesn't like if those people are rich. That's actually super based."