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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • They’re trying to ban tiktok. I’ve never used it but it’s just because it’s Chinese, social media from any other company based in any other country is just as fucked and unhealthy and unregulated in the US, but they are going to ban it specifically for its country of origin. China pills a lot of weight and the company tiktok is powerful and fighting it in court and all but it seems pretty obvious it’ll go through even under current admin watch–let alone when a direct competitor and owner of Xitter owns the White House.

    While yes, you’re logistically correct it would be very difficult to shut down the whole Internet, that’s not the goal, the goal is to massively control it and enshittify it beyond your worst dreams.

    Look to China and Russia for "internet"TM



  • Late 19th century. There was some pushback, some anti-trust laws with teeth, and then decades of bloody union battles to secure rights workers and their elected officials have thrown away for 50 years.

    The concentration of wealth and influence of 10-16 people trumps that of hundreds of millions and is as bad or worse than it was during the robber baron era.

    Political representatives are bought and paid for which means the poor have no voice against the wealthy.

    We have a justice system that is incapable of prosecuting the wealthy and powerful, when it isn’t being stocked by ideologues.

    Meritocracy is dead; Birth has much greater correlation to wealth and power.

    Media is fully captured by the wealthy; they own the vast majority of media consumed: TV, film, news, social junk.

    Nice country you got here.