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Re:TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram by McWobbleston on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:38PM (#21576518)
Are you conveniently forgetting the forceful seizure of an entire continent, displacement of native populations, importing millions of human beings to be used as slaves, colonization and plunder of natural resources across the globe, and deliberate destabilization of regions for profit?

You need to check out the rose glasses you're wearing yourself

Re:TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram by dang on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:30PM (#21577193)
Please don't take HN threads further into nationalistic or ideological flamewar. Also, please be careful not to cross into personal attack, which is a force multiplier on all things bad here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html