I (a US citizen) do think of the Chinese government as an adversary. I believe many Americans would agree with me. (See, I can make the same assertion without evidence.)
> To me it seems China made a superior app that the American youth wanted to use and the American social media apparatus was jealous so lobbied to have it banned.
Sure, that's certainly part of it. It's economic protectionism. Which, honestly, when it's protectionism against a nation with a fairly closed market, where US companies and capital have much less access (and access comes with strict restrictions and censorship requirements) than Chinese companies (and their government), I'm having a hard time getting all up in arms about it.
Sheesh, I'll never understand people smart enough to see their local government as bad but dumb enough to idolise every other foreign power
Yes, definitely has nothing to do with the fact the Chinese are using it to inject their propaganda and way of view into the mainstream by, for example, massively spreading lies about the Israel-Hamas debacle which, without TikTok, nobody would care about (as it should be).
I never bought the idea that the American people are super gun ho about Israel. My family are all conservative Midwest folks and they don’t see why we give them so much money when Americans at home suffer.
It’s not just the “left” that thinks this.
To me it seems China made a superior app that the American youth wanted to use and the American social media apparatus was jealous so lobbied to have it banned.