CitizenKong,

Two genocides actually. The Russian and the Israeli one.

Silentiea,

Is Russia doing a race thing? I thought it was an imperialism thing, needed access to Crimea for the black sea and needs to get that pesky foreign government out of the way to ensure that access

Harbinger01173430,

One is doing conquest while the other is doing cleansing. We all know which of those is the most evil one

Silentiea,

It’s … It’s the cleansing, right? Or … Maybe, just don’t… Just don’t do wars?

absentbird,
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Russia has killed over 30000 civilians, they have abducted 20000 ukrainian children and assigned them to Russian families, they have destroyed Ukrainian museums, churches, and art. It’s just as much of a genocide.

absentbird,
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Ukrainians have their own culture, language, religion, and ethnicity distinct from Russia. Russia is killing the native population to replace them with Russians, they are abducting Ukrainian children to raise them as Russian, and they are destroying Ukrainian art, museums, and churches. It is a genocide.

ZILtoid1991,

The Ukrainian thing is more of a cultural genocide with Putin having a plan on “integrating” all current Ukrainians into Russian society, but it checks out, because “integration” means “throwing away their own culture for the holy Mother Russia”.

Pirasp,

You forgot the Uighurs, that is still happening

Bristle1744,

Waiting for ban on Australian infiltration and manipulation of the American populace.

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/23c68a5a-20ad-4fd5-9fda-36474991e11c.jpeg

OldWoodFrame,

If that’s Rupert Murdoch, he had to get US citizenship to be allowed to own Fox.

CampRefugeeCounselor,

Quick Google search: “Generally, there are no restrictions on foreign ownership of a company formed in the United States. The procedure for a foreign citizen to form a company in the US is the same as for a US resident.”

OldWoodFrame,

Broadcast news is one of the exceptions:

Under federal regulations an alien may not own more than 20% of a broadcast license.

latimes.com/…/la-xpm-1985-09-04-mn-23112-story.ht…

jkrtn,

The missing link is to recognize that billionaires are citizens only technically. They have no interest in the well-being of their nation (or even their planet), nor are they subject to any of its laws.

foggianism,

Save me from TikTok because of what? I mean, we know the hidden reasoning, but what is the official concern?

gayhitler420,

Chy-na!

reverendsteveii,

officially: data mining and algorithm manipulation to promote propaganda

unofficially: data mining that hasn’t been approved by the US government and algorithm manipulation to promote propaganda that hasn’t been approved by the US government

bumphot,

witnessing a genocide

*funding the genocide

In fact they are not only purposely funding the genocide, they are actively ignoring majority of people against it, even surpassing the senate just to be sure they can send the money to Israel quickly

Actually since TikTok is where most of the popular support for Palestine is from and probably why after decades of this genocide it finally became well-known, they are trying to shut it down, since China won’t censor it for them. Classic fascist moves from the government.

Hathaway, (edited )

Did we forget about the Uighur’s? China isn’t even TRYING to hide that, but, yeah. Except that they ban any mention of it within their borders.

Mind you, I’m not trying to take away from what the US is and has done, but, currently, the only super power locked in a provable genocide, is china. Simple as that. The US is so fucking sideways that we’re simultaneously bringing food into Gaza while also supporting its destruction. Really nothing new there, money goes up. But, different than state sponsored genocide. Fuck, I hate that that’s a buzzword.

bumphot,

the only super power locked in a provable genocide, is china This statement is absolutely false. Isreal genocide is almost exlusively funded by the US.

we’re simultaneously bringing food into Gaza while also supporting its destruction Small amounts of food into gaza is PR and changes nothing in the big picture. There is a big difference in amount of money sent for weapons to Isreal and food to Gaza. You can send few trucks of food, get pirctures, run it in media, and then silently give billions for weapons. There is no two sides of this, US government is fully running a genocide in Gaza with full knowledge and intent. There is nothing that Chinese government does that US and Russia government don’t do as well. There is only difference in the media coverege of these things in each of the countries and is the result of difference in opinion between people who are exposed to that media.

moon,

Uh 50 hr work week and $7.25/hr wage is where you lost me. Nobody is getting paid that minimum wage. That’s just bad faith.

DreadPirateShawn,

It’s admittedly low, but not nobody – 1.3% of hourly workers from this report: usafacts.org/…/minimum-wage-america-how-many-peop…

mctoasterson,

…and TikTok will still have horrible data privacy and domestic spying capabilities, it will just be owned by US Big Tech instead of Chinese Big Tech.

jkrtn,

Glad we can keep Chinese billionaires from influencing politics for cheap, they will have to pay an American billionaire to do it like Russia does.

saintshenanigans,

There’s no world where they sell to preserve 10% of their users

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