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We should be allowed to do it because "insert dictator here" did it isn't the great argument you think it is (lemmy.ml)

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[–] cuchilloc 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Solid argument. I was agreeing with OP coz I have a tendency for extremism, and if you take banning tiktok as a starting point in the supposed “land of the free” , to the extreme, at some point you become like China too. But for now, they are far from there. I still disagree with banning TikTok; “practice what you preach”

[–] themeatbridge 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I think banning TikTok is stupid and little more than political theater by out of touch septuagenarian oligarchs. And I agree that the same idiots would march us all down a path towards fascism, if we go along willingly.

I just take exception to the idea that they are in any way relatable.

[–] cuchilloc 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One thing to note is that a lot of US citizens do not even acknowledge that their country’s economy runs off of war; it’s like they don’t need to go “deny Tiananmen Square”; they just go full idiocracy. Also they mostly kill non-US citizens, so again, not the perfect analogy but it’s like: we don’t need to deny anything, we just make the avg Joe dumb enough to not even care.

[–] themeatbridge 1 points 6 months ago

I don't think you're wrong, but again that's not at all the same as totalitarianism. We can fight that with words, with education, with non-violence. It's iterative, and we can course-correct as we progress into the future. It's messy, and often goes in the wrong direction, but it's still ours.