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Lol, the US finally showing its true colors. It's a freemarket until our companies start to lose - then suddenly you gotta think of the children, national security, the brainwashed masses and the evil communists.

At this point they're basically using the same arguments the Chinese use to ban Western apps.

Bunch of sore losers. We're losing all moral authority over being a beacon of capitalism. The Chinese made a better app for funny videos and showing people dancing - this has made a lot of people very upset




>Lol, the US finally showing its true colors. It's a freemarket until our companies start to lose

If TikTok were a Canadian, British, French, German, Korean, Japanese, or Taiwanese company, the US government wouldn't have intervened in the first place.


Not supporting the post you responded to, while not sure about your opinion either, something perhaps relative:

- To a French company: [The American Trap](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1529326869)

- To Japanese semi-conductor industry and others: [The False Allure of Managed Trade - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-allure-of-managed-tra...)




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