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This is the most insidious yet obvious expression of US propaganda for a hot second (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

If you think it's bad now, look again in 4 years.

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".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

While usually i would say that you are completely insane if you write something so deranged, in this case you basically wrote down something that probably happened and will happen multiple other times. The tone is completely justified as well

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Scary US is scary...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

I expect reports of deleting any video saying otherwise in a few days.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Putin was ready to speak to Manly Trump a couple of months ago. Not so far fetched. Can't believe we are at this point.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

He'd basically do anything you want if you put a nickel in his pocket. He's for sale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why can i never see catbox images?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

If you use a domain blocker, it might be on one of your block lists. I had to explicitly allow catbox, but I wish I could tell which blocklist added that rule.

[–] [email protected] 127 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 14 hours ago

Yes, the shutdown was a stunt.

[–] [email protected] 259 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Glad everyone is pointing out how much this reeks of propaganda.

[–] oxf 1 points 8 hours ago

You show see the feed on TikTok now... Half of it is just pure CCP propaganda, showcasing how "glorious China is".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

I guess we can't even blame them. The app got to thwart the ban by appealing to Trump; gotta keep those wheels greased.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

new tic tok challenge dropped, delete tic tok (impossible)

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago

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!"

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 day ago

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?feature=shared

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Are there any papers on how fascism buries you in these sorts of irritating authoritarian stupidity?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

Highly recommend The Reactionary Mind to really understand modern fascism. Anti-intellectualism is a necessary part of the formula.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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?

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