TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday

Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by kelseyfrog on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:33PM (#42715829)

The people who want to unite Americans might find more success meeting the outliers where they're at rather than framing it as needing them to conform. That approach is what made the outliers cynics in the first place. What would it look like to make real change to address the objects, rather than the subjects of frustration?

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by Aunche on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:22PM (#42717974)

> What would it look like to make real change to address the objects, rather than the subjects of frustration?

Real change will come when those who actually put work into it. Nobody will do it for you. Not China, not Trump, not the DNC. When the NAACP noticed that even the Senators who supported Civil Rights were too apathetic to put together a coalition to pass the Civil Rights Act, they created that coalition themselves. This is level political organizing that actually gets things done, and likely how Meta and Alphabet got this TikTok ban through as well.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by kelseyfrog on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:26PM (#42718030)

Sorry, but I fought and lost. If I have to be under someone's boot, at least I get to choose the boot.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by Aunche on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:05PM (#42718464)

If that's your attitude, you can't be surprised when your side continues to lose. Meta "fought and lost" their first attempt to ban TikTok.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by kelseyfrog on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:16PM (#42718585)

Thanks for blaming me. I give up :)

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