• Tony Bark
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    1151 month ago

    Trump: “I am once again asking the United States to operate like a holding company.”

  • @[email protected]
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    901 month ago

    Maybe even gazillions. Who knows. People are saying TikTok could be worth forty, maybe even fifty gazillion dollars.

  • @Tarkcanis
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    671 month ago

    So… he wants to nationalize TikTok? I thought communism was bad?

      • @ObsidianZed
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        271 month ago

        You had the opportunity to say “Seize the memes of production” and you didn’t take it?

        • @[email protected]
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          61 month ago

          It’s playing off how TikTok’s short form content is largely suited to inconsequential entertainment. TikTok produces memes, Trump wants to seize it. So you’re not seizing the memes of production like the classic joke indicates, you’re seizing that which produces the memes.

          The joke is now dead, but the autopsy indicates why I smiled even though it didn’t land with most.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          Right! That was my first thought. They obviously know the saying but messed up the pun. I’m sad, but I still upvoted them.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s not nationalisation if it’s owned by a private citizen who also happens to be part of the cabinet.

      • @Tarkcanis
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        41 month ago

        Oh, I thought he was suggesting the US government buy 50% of it. I suppose with Trump in charge private corporations are the United States now.

    • deaf_fish
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      51 month ago

      The other 50% are going to Trump and his cronies. The US isn’t going to see a dime.

      • IninewCrow
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        31 month ago

        The owners and controllers of these companies don’t care about countries, nations, ideologies or even beliefs … all they care about is money and it doesn’t matter if you’re Chinese, American, or identify as communist or capitalist.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          It’s not about ideology, it’s about control and corruption. In Europe, both Trump and Xi agree to support fascist movements to weaken the EU. In Asia their interests are not as compatible.

  • @TeamBrett
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    181 month ago

    Is he saying owned by the US government or by a US oligarch? The former sounds like the opposite of small government. If they’re so angry about the postal office being owned by the federal government, why would they be okay with TikTok

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      Is he saying owned by the US government or by a US oligarch?

      I don’t think he sees an appreciable difference

  • @[email protected]
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    111 month ago

    Why ban the data harvesting influence machine when you can take over the data harvesting influence machine?

    • @andros_rex
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      11 month ago

      Also one of the very few mainstream spaces one could get news from a leftist perspective.

  • Bakkoda
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    1 month ago

    It’s like when theres a spinny wheel at the playground and someone uses their motorcycle to spin and one person gets ejected our of their skin basically but it’s gonna be millions of people.

  • @MidsizedSedan
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    51 month ago

    I went to fact check his tweet. Found this instead. Who cares South Park was delayed, we can still have fun with these