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Judge Temporarily Blocks US Ban on New TikTok Downloads
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I don't think the word "free" means what you think it means.
We also have free state Universities and colleges here in Norway.
As for Tick Tock and WeChat at least the Checks and Balances are still(for now) working.
Just because the person in the WH says it's a security risk doesn't mean it is. As a matter of fact, the lack of any public evidence surrounding it almost ensures he's lying and is just butt-hurt over the TikTok prank played on his rally.
Not a day goes by where something he says is a proven lie. It's unfortunate we cannot even trust what our President tells us.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland… you know, those communist countries in Northern Europe. Incidentally, they also have free healtcare as well. Free as in shared tax burden.
But you don't want that. You'd better stick to keeping your militia armed with lots of guns, in case there is an insurgency come election day.
But you don't want that. You'd better stick to keeping your militia armed with lots of guns, in case there is an insurgency come election day.
It's hard being on top, you get a lot of haters. But it's part of being on top.
Next in line.
It's called separation of powers, a really good thing about the good ole US that also happens to prevent Donnie from making a coup d'etat and installing the Trump dynasty dictatorship.
And yeah, you should learn Chinese and be prepared to work for them, because they are about to whoop yer behinds in quite a few areas. 更别说中国是一个值得佩服的文化，所以当然应该学习汉语。
And yeah, you should learn Chinese and be prepared to work for them, because they are about to whoop yer behinds in quite a few areas. 更别说中国是一个值得佩服的文化，所以当然应该学习汉语。
USA politicians are attached by the hip to the insurance industry and malpractice lawyers. That’s why, when Dems controlled both the White House and the Congress, we got that nightmare called Obamacare. They *could* have passed comprehensive national healthcare, but that would have put their friends in the health insurance industry out of business.
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You should be able to block something known to be a national security concern. You shouldn't overuse such authority, but that does not mean taking such action is inherently wrong.
Tiny homogenous countries are so cute when they tell other countries what they do. Good for you. Finland has a smaller population than many US major metropolitan areas. Its useless information for the USA because the USA is not a tiny homogenous country. The closest countries in structure to the USA are Brazil and India.
The internet does have regulation. We have all sorts of regulation on privacy but also laws protecting children and others who may not be able to protect themselves. But these should NOT be baked into the technology. The phone system and snail mail don’t inherently prevent me from using them to plot an illegal scheme, why should the internet? The instant we modify the medium of expression to have our government protect us from ourselves we curtail our ability for free speech and chip away at the foundations of our country.
I hear your point and what that homogeneous population gives them that allows this is the ability to quickly feel like one people. However just because this is the case doesn’t mean their wrong. They can give us some serious crap for not acting like one people like we claim to be. In fact, lately we are doing the exact opposite and pushing each other away. We always prided ourselves on being able to look past our differences to the foundations of freedom that we all are supposed to hold in common. I feel right now they certainly have ground to call us out.
Its easy to spend nothing on national defense when you live in the shadow of peace created by others. Maybe next time a country wants to take those over we will let them.
Everything is a trade off and nothings perfect.
Yep, smarter people translates less dimwitted comments like “wood1208” who do not understand what patriotism means. What trump is doing is an updated version of what Cuba did to the USA way back when. I wonder why China is not retaliating - too weak to?
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There really isn't anything comparable that Cuba did. These actions by the president are actually closer to what China is doing with their businesses and tech. You can argue the reasons but this is government regulating and controlling business. It is also curtailing a communication tool. These are communist actions very similar to the tactics of Chinese government.
Wow, what a piece of work... not a clue as to what makes America special.
I don't think anyone has any issues with Chinese culture. The government on the other hand...
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The Chinese government (CCP) is a disgrace and the biggest threat to the world than anything else. They need to be taught that their actions on trade, appalling human rights abuses, complete disregard for international law has very serious consequences for them and China. Once their economy slows to 2% on a longer term and if that happens before their debt and property bubbles are reigned in then its going to be one massive pop
You're both pretty much right about it, though. Everyone contributes to the system (like paying taxes) so that everyone can have access to it.
Military is not the place it matters anymore. We have been in a place of mutually assured economic destruction since the 60’s. Both sides know that if military war does break out between us neither would survive as is. It would be a massive depression for both sides. Both the US and China largely hold their militaries to be the global good guys in smaller conflicts.
Do you realize that about ~47% of all Americans don't pay Federal income taxes? I mean they pay Sales, Local, and State taxes etc which is why many Community Colleges are free for US Citizens if they maintained certain qualifications during high school, and live within that Community College's community.
Thats what everyone always says. We are beyond war....blah 1914 here we come. Maybe we are, but sadly totalitarian regimes like China just have a way of being pathological. The Chinese have some of the richest culture in the world but their leaders are basically evil and facing huge problems in the next century like population implosion. Balancing all those problems has often led nations to find an external target to go after.