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Would be hilarious if it backfires with GenZ (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by cm0002 to c/politicalmemes
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but that's pretty optimistic, even for me

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I suspect your optimism is unwarranted. My teenager is already talking about people posting about Trump saving TikTok. Trump & Co are a bunch of morons but everything they do rests on the premise that the American public are even bigger morons.

Personally, I blame Ivana. Without her, the Trump organization would probably have failed outright in the 80's and Donny would be in a nursing home trying to convince a dust mop that he's the richest bestest boy ever instead of grifting away while he helps sink the entire country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Getting in behind this was a massive own-goal for the Democrats. No matter what legitimate arguments there were for getting rid of Tiktok, the political cost was always going to be too high for the actual benefits. Especially when American social media companies like Twitter and Facebook are actively working to destroy American democracy. Comparatively speaking, Tiktok was far less of a threat.

[–] pahlimur -1 points 3 days ago

Ban was bipartisan. Supreme Court upheld it. Biden said he wasn't going to enforce it. Trump says he is giving 90 day period for them to divest, with the possibility of making it partially state owned. Whole situation is stupid, but almost all on repubs.

[–] finitebanjo 36 points 4 days ago

Unfortunately, Gen Z appear to be set to become the new Hitler Youth.

[–] TokenBoomer 34 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Of course China loves Trump. He’s weakening American power around the world, which China will take.

[–] Event_Horizon 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

South China sea and Taiwan lookin mighty tasty right now.

[–] finitebanjo 6 points 4 days ago

Philippines might be back on the menu, soon.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)
  1. Shut down - verb form
  2. Shutdown - noun form
[–] franklin 7 points 4 days ago

thanks I hate the English language

[–] finitebanjo 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Native english speaker here, disagree completely.

English is much more flexible about word and root combinations than people give it credit for.

[–] PugJesus 15 points 4 days ago

It won't backfire. Propaganda works. That's why Tiktok was so important in the first place.

[–] Maggoty 6 points 3 days ago

I think it's less about trying to propagandize to the users and more about trying to appeal to Trump's ego.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

If the government truly wanted to stop TikTok, they would just bring back Vine.