Serious question: do you consider it worse to be tracked and profiled by a foreign government or your own?
this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2025
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Comparing the two isn't useful. They are both bad and should be either shutdown or regulated.
The cynical answer is that the people who run the government like the South African because he helped them win elections.
No.
No one can explain.
Simple. The South African has a vested interest in keeping the US extant so that he can rule it. The CCP does not share that same interest.
Lol. Capitalists don't think beyond quarterly profits, they'll strip out the wiring and doom the country and the planet for a quick buck.
TIL I have something in common with the CCP.
Yoo shut yer mouf, ya hear!
Jokes aside. Yeah, I've got no answer.
Edit: I do love the middle finger people are giving by hopping off TikTok (basically being shut down for being a Chinese company) and running to redd (a Chinese company) hahahahahha
Then getting banned from RedNote for posting pro-LGBT stuff and the like lol
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That South African oligarch is a US citizen though and it hasn't been shown that he works in the interest of South Africa and South Africa isn't on the list of enemy countries.
Would you also want to prevent all naturalized citizens from owning a business?
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Come on, this is easy. He's white, that's obviously why.
Facebook has been abusing our data to undermine elections and stoke genocide for longer than tiktok has existed. No US government officials are calling for a FB ban either.
It's supposed to be rich white guys undermining our democracy and national security.
Because white.
because they might interfere with the elections. oh wait...