• bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    5 months ago

    I’m as critical of the US as anyone but if I have to pick one to spy on me, I’ll pick the US.

    Yes both are bad. Don’t start going “but America” on me please lol. This is not me saying the US isn’t violating our civil liberties regularly. But we do have more here than Chinese citizens do. Also, China has an adversarial stance to the US so there’s another layer to it. Same reason I object to Russia interfering with elections and also don’t like what our own domestic media operations do. Both are bad, but Russia is objectively worse.

    But for real folks don’t download TikTok regardless of who holds the reins.

  • makeasnek@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    It’s always the same bullshit when they want to take away your rights:

    • “Protect the children”
    • “Foreign influence” or “spies”
    • “Misinformation”
    • “Stop Terrorism”