| > it's crazy Yes. > but it's a good political move Domestically, maybe, and only in the short term. Internationally, not at all. It makes America look very weak and hypocritical, at a time when America can ill afford to look even worse. > Everyone agrees we should ban it. No, they don't. The media and political classes agree. That's not the same thing. In reality less than half agree, last I checked [0]. > you'll have a huge amount of teenagers and young adults who will blindly hate you for it. Blindly? Young people already hate Biden, and it's not because of TikTok. It's the two-faced support of mass murder, the economy, the inequality, the lies, the inflation, the oil drilling, the union attacks, the failure to deliver on campaign promises, etc. [1] Blaming TikTok for that is just an easy wedge. There's nothing smart about it; it's cynical, divisive, and extremely stupid in the long term. 0 - https://www.reuters.com/technology/close-half-americans-favo... 1 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/young-voters-... |