I would love for tiktok (and all similar social media) to disappear and I agree that China is a threat to the rest of the world (although the US is too :-) ) but tiktok do have a point that this has been done by the trump admin like they do things in a banana republic: I don't like things therefore I, the king.. uh president, decide that this has to go.
You might like it here as its a company you don't like but what if the same is done next for Twitter, Telegram, or maybe just foreign companies like e.g. Siemens, Tata, ...
Trump is hollowing out the rule of law and pretends he can do whatever he feels like. It's a mistake to cheer for that even if you agree with some of those decisions.
All I'm reminded of is this famous quote of a German priest ultimately executed by the Nazis:
> First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a socialist.
> Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.
> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Jew.
> Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
You might like it here as its a company you don't like but what if the same is done next for Twitter, Telegram, or maybe just foreign companies like e.g. Siemens, Tata, ...
Trump is hollowing out the rule of law and pretends he can do whatever he feels like. It's a mistake to cheer for that even if you agree with some of those decisions.
All I'm reminded of is this famous quote of a German priest ultimately executed by the Nazis:
> First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a socialist.
> Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.
> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Jew.
> Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.