I definitely agree but @thedevilyouknowthe US government been using FB, Twitter, IG, etc for nefarious purposes
is easier to wrestle with
This is the real reason why the US wants to ban TikTok. A thread of videos that young people are watching and sharing by the millions
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is easier to wrestle withright-wingers wear hoods and mask for a reason and hide behind false identities on twitter and facebook. logically tiktok as a video platform are not wholly susceptible to the same propaganda techniques. libsoftiktok gets more traction on twitter than it does on tiktok. the majority of people are putting a real face to things they speak on.
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I definitely agree but @thedevilyouknow
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Critiques of capitalism, especially the kind in America, are totally fair and should be more widespread. With that said, the mistake to me is thinking that Communism is a perfect solution. It’s main flaw is the same as Capitalism in that it’s putting the responsibility on human beings to fairly administer said system. And humans are fallible, so whether it’s an out of control free market or an overly planned economy by an overgrown bureaucracy you’ll run into this problem.
The best way imo is a mixed economy with both systems. Capitalism breeds innovation while Socialism/Communism protects more vulnerable people and humanizes the economy in certain aspects. I like to think of that side of things like a citizens benefits package or what a country invests in its people. And when you compare, there aren’t a lot of benefits to being American other than strong Passport, economic opportunity, and being the center of the world culturally. And if you ask most people that are struggling today they probably wouldn’t care about those things very much compared to being able to see a doctor or go to college because it’s your right to be healthy and educated.
Real talk, if America applied both systems evenly this truly would be an amazing place. But I digress, on the other point America and most powerful nations have used social media and other tools of cyber warfare to manufacture their desired outcomes. The issue is that America has enjoyed being the superpower a unipolar world since the fall of the USSR and now that other countries are beginning to assert themselves by doing the same fukk shyt America felt it had the right to do now it’s a problem.
The best way imo is a mixed economy with both systems. Capitalism breeds innovation while Socialism/Communism protects more vulnerable people and humanizes the economy in certain aspects. I like to think of that side of things like a citizens benefits package or what a country invests in its people. And when you compare, there aren’t a lot of benefits to being American other than strong Passport, economic opportunity, and being the center of the world culturally. And if you ask most people that are struggling today they probably wouldn’t care about those things very much compared to being able to see a doctor or go to college because it’s your right to be healthy and educated.
Real talk, if America applied both systems evenly this truly would be an amazing place. But I digress, on the other point America and most powerful nations have used social media and other tools of cyber warfare to manufacture their desired outcomes. The issue is that America has enjoyed being the superpower a unipolar world since the fall of the USSR and now that other countries are beginning to assert themselves by doing the same fukk shyt America felt it had the right to do now it’s a problem.
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the account that posted it is TizzyEnt (@tizzyent) | TikTok but he has too many videos for me to shift through to find the original url.
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These are something to study on and get more information from, but knowing who owns TikTok, its dangerous to not be a little critical about its intention. You'll barely see Anti-CCP content on that app.
Also, if we're mad about Imperialism and Diamond companies profiting from slave labor from African countries, why not how our cellphones are made or even our laptops?
Im not trying to make it a "whataboutism" post, but Imperialism comes in different forms and different powers rather just than the US or any Euro county
Also, if we're mad about Imperialism and Diamond companies profiting from slave labor from African countries, why not how our cellphones are made or even our laptops?
Im not trying to make it a "whataboutism" post, but Imperialism comes in different forms and different powers rather just than the US or any Euro county
BobbyWojak
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There are other options, like libertarian socialism, where there isn't any more bureaucratic control than in modern capitalism, but you just change the systematic incentives to favor redistribution and sustainability of resources. Unfortunately, the modern system isn't really "hands off", but is explicitly designed to promote profiteering, resource extraction, and accumulation of wealth into a few hands.
Why do you think capitalism breeds innovation?
In my experience on the science side of things, capitalism is just as likely to stifle innovation as to promote it. Most people who profit off of innovation had nothing to do with developing it, they just jumped on the bandwagon afterwards and took credit for it. Look back over history, and the people who invented shyt were rarely the ones who profited off of it. That's why people think Elon Musk is some sort of creative genius, when he just acquired shyt like PayPal and Tesla from other people. (Ironically, the only reason Tesla has succeeded was due to massive government subsidies that overcame "market forces".) Generally, the people who pursue true innovation would do so regardless of capitalist motivation, the capitalists are just parasites who jump in once the idea is already successful.
Another problem is that capitalism puts money into the ideas that make money, not the ideas that help humanity. Car manufacturers make more money selling private vehicles than improving public transportation, so we have billions of dollars put into giant, unnecessary SUVs that were destroying the planet. Electric cars have been around a hundred years, but no finances put into R&D because the oil industry wanted to keep selling oil. Way more money spent advertizing for beef, or promoting junk food made from soy and sugarcane and palm oil plantations that are destroying the rainforest, than is made developing sustainable agriculture. Capitalism means that enormous funding is spent on erectile dysfunction, baldness treatments, fertility treatments, and any diseases like high blood pressure that impact rich people, while preventable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrhea, which primarily impact poor people, hardly get any attention at all.
It's most obvious when you think of the arts. Does capitalism actually create better music, or does it simply push people towards derivative bullshyt? Does it make better movies, or does it just mean that the 45th Marvel picture will be coming out soon and that remakes, sequels, and adaptations will always get produced before anything original? The people who make the truly original stuff, the truly interesting stuff, are usually the ones who can just barely scrape together enough funding to get their project together, and often as not by attracting funders who don't expect to make their money back.
And it's why we rushed into social media, smartphones, and now AI, without really examining whether they were good for society or bad for it, because everyone is too afraid of losing the profit advantage and making profit matters more than looking out for the welfare of the entire society.
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