This kind of fear about large-scale communist subversion was common back in the 1950s too, yet that generation of American kids turned out mostly fine.

With or without several hours a day of Russian controlled media in their bedrooms?

I’m thinking without right?

This reads more like yellow peril hyperbole than reasoned arguments. The CCP is deeply unpopular in the US, and most US institutions are engaged in a demonization campaign against China.

TikTok is horrible and toxic. It should be banned, or at least tightly age-restricted. But I have seen no evidence they're worse than or a bigger threat than other US-based social media empires, and the proponents of those ideas tend to gesture towards vague communist conspiracies rather than point to observable evidence.

The communist conspiracy isn’t vague. It’s the literal stated policy of the leaders of China, backed up by overt military actions and destabilization campaigns.

It’s like not confusing or subtle it’s in plain sight.

It doesn’t really matter if you like to acknowledge it or not, the Chinese government has declared that it will defeat the U.S. and liberal democracy itself in a global conflict.

>It’s the literal stated policy of the leaders of China, backed up by overt military actions and destabilization campaigns.

Source?