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This is the most insidious yet obvious expression of US propaganda for a hot second
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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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I'm particularly looking forward to "No no no no" playing over the top of a video of an ICE raid goon smashing a mother of three in the face with the butt of his rifle for trying to protect her kids, while that horrid robotic woman's voice says "get out of America bitch".
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Everyone is saying this is propaganda. I think its possible there's an even stupider reason.
Trump is so nakedly easy to manipulate sometimes. This might be the ego fluffing he needs to reverse the ban.
He'd basically do anything you want if you put a nickel in his pocket. He's for sale.
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This is so transparent... Trump isn't even president yet, there's nothing he could have done... The whole shut down and return is a stunt to make Trump look like a hero
Yes, the shutdown was a stunt.
Just like the Gaza ceasefire, this is just more political theatrics to make Trump look like a strong negotiator lmao.
Too bad people don't realize he's a fucking sellout to other psychopathic nations from Russia and China, to Israel.
to other psychopathic ~~nations~~ leaders
Sorry to nitpick. I know you didn't mean it this way. I just think that characterizing entire nations shifts the blame and reduces accountability, so I'd rather we specify who the psychos are, preferably by name. And I only say this as someone who has been on the receiving end and think to myself, "wait a second, this is a person I voted against and it's their stupid decisions, not mine!"
Glad everyone is pointing out how much this reeks of propaganda.
I’m on the other Bandwagon … sorry to be pedantic, but this is not American propaganda, this is Trump self-aggrandizement, or maybe fluffing his ego to kanipulate him. It’s an important distinction with the type of “leadership” my fellow citizens voted for
I guess we can't even blame them. The app got to thwart the ban by appealing to Trump; gotta keep those wheels greased.
If you think this propaganda is bad, you should've seen the endless and ongoing propaganda that led up to the TikTok ban.
keep repeating it and don’t stop. im already seeing tiktok users saying they aren’t coming back. and i think that’s a good response.
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Yup, since Trump was the original one who sought to ban it in 2020 likely as a guise to get support under what people use propaganda for as a 'common enemy' . Then he appears to save it continuing the rescue from false claims for those who don't see what is really happening.
See this video of how insensible people can be in the case of TikTok: https://youtube.com/shorts/8qWVs0T4LEw
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This shows you how bad the propaganda attempt went. They should have left it gone long enough to hurt, so people would really be mad. Now it just looks weird and a clear attempt to make Trump look good for Monday.
On Twitter though there's already people praising Trump for saving TikTok
The remaining userbase of Twitter was praising Trump long before TikTok credited him with "saving" it.
People who still actively post on Twitter like it isn't a bought and paid for alt-right propaganda machine represent a clear bias.
Twitter is a propaganda machine too? It's going to sort and surface that kind of thing.
A huge, common fallacy is that there's any kind of fairness in what rec algorithms prioritize to serve.
He's not even president yet and TikTok went offline voluntarily. No one but TikTok has done anything regarding the ban, and all they did was flip a switch off then back on. More young folk than I thought are very skeptical or even staying off it because they rightfully distrust Trump. It's like they chose the devil they didn't know to get away from the devil they did, and now both devils are there. Im sure many will stay however.
You have too much faith.
Most won't stay away. Most are deeply and horribly addicted. They faced their withdrawal symptoms for one day. They get got their next hit and now they're in deeper than ever before.
See: Reddit API debacle
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What the fuck? He's not even president yet. They disappeared for like a day total?
Reality needs to stop being so poorly written this is so on the nose
Are there any papers on how fascism buries you in these sorts of irritating authoritarian stupidity?
Yes, the fascism that banned TikTok can also be used to unban TikTok.
Highly recommend The Reactionary Mind to really understand modern fascism. Anti-intellectualism is a necessary part of the formula.
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So pretty obviously what happened here was that Trump and the Chinese authorities struck a deal by which Trump would be given credit for not enforcing the ban that both he and Biden had already said they had no intention of enforcing.
The interesting question is: what did Trump give China in exchange?
Imagine believing this conspiracy theory is "pretty obvious". Nobody even downvotes this kinda nonsense. Peak lib delusions.
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Fuck TikTok and fuck trump. Tbh it was always weird that he was so against something I hated so much. It makes so much more sense for that scumbag to be cozied up to that bullshit
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Live video still isn't back on TikTok; which is probably the most useful part of the platform during demonstrations. It's much more useful than local recording in case your phone gets seized to have it broadcast to others sitting at home, who can screen-record the stream as evidence.
Wasn't it his idea to ban it in the first place, to try and force a sale to a US company? Given that hasn't seemed to have worked, I wonder what changed to make him change his mind, was it just that Biden went through with it, or did they bribe him, or maybe just so he can go tell users that he "saved" one of their favorite social media apps?
A narcissist taking something away and then giving it back is a common manipulative tactic used to control their victim[s] by creating a cycle of dependence & uncertainty.
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