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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by sahila on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:54PM (#42720501)
> hostile foreign government

I don't take this as a given and I believe the US government has caused more harm to its own people than China has today; US spies on its citizens, unfairly enforces laws against people, create laws that benefit 1% of its citizens to the detriment of the rest, forces its people to go wars they doesn't support, create rules that target certain genders and races, and so on.

Importantly, the US government is able to enact more harm on its citizens than China when it feels like.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by r_klancer on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:59PM (#42721014)
> the US government has caused more harm to its own people than China has today; US spies on its citizens, unfairly enforces laws against people,

Maybe, maybe not. But when the PRC decides the time is right to take Taiwan, it will have prepared the ground by making sure lots of Americans saw TikToks (made by other Americans) saying basically this.

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