Sure bro, it’s the CCP out to oppress Americans and arrest and assassinate reformers and journalists, because they hate our freedom!
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nialv7@lemmy.world 6 months agoYes, governmental surveillance is always bad. But let’s not pretend being surveilled by NSA is as bad as being surveilled by the authoritarian government of China.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 months ago
bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 6 months ago
it's worse. it's worse because they have the power to arrest me, freeze my assets, or do a hundred other terrible things. the chinese can... uh... find out my sense of humor is immature i think.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The fundamental fear of TikTok isn’t censorship. It’s a media outlet that expresses views sympathetic to the Chinese government.
If Americans are exposed to these views, there is a horrifying possibility that they my agree with them. And if Americans agree with the Chinese government, it’s just a matter of time before America crumbles from within.
bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 6 months ago
the second paragraph, that's satire, right?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s what American politicians actually believe