It looks like the US government is going to put some kind of ban on TikTok, or force them to sell or something like that, because you know, China is bad and who knows what they are going to do with all that data that they collect from the 150 million Americans on the platform, and how much influence will they be able to exert through that access. Well, they will do the same thing that the US has done through their numerous platforms to influence all kinds of thing in order to increase their reach, their control and most importantly, their profits.
TikTok is a scourge on society.
But, is it a governments job to dictate what social platforms citizens use?
Just think how it wasn't that long ago that people were up in arms about how China and Russia block citizen access to Western media, and how dangerous it is. How when governments dictate what their citizens are allowed to see and not see, it leads to those citizens being manipulated, controlled, and it leads to them supporting or being forced into being governed by terrible regimes.
That only applies to the bad governments though.
The good governments governments are all about supporting freedoms of the citizens, about helping them become the best versions of themselves, about building infrastructure and education systems that help people improve the quality of life and have more options in front of them. To align the powers of the corporations with the best interest of all the citizens so that everyone is winning together. A symbiotic relationship where everyone benefits, not an abuse relationship where a small fraction benefit, from taking advantage and control over the majority.
Glad the majority of governments have the best interest of citizens at heart!
Finland, a country that less than two decades ago prided itself on having no national debt, is again entering into austerity measures, raising taxes, cutting services to citizens and the like. They just can't balance the books, because they don't want to. None of the countries want to balance the books, because debt is just too lucrative as a generation mechanism for that micro minority that the governments say they aren't supporting - but that is where the value from the debt they generate ends up.
And, they don't want to recognize that the reason they can't balance their books any longer, is because of the finance structures of the very corporations they have supported to extract all they can from us, the citizens, in order to hit those numbers, increase profits, make the GDP look good, even though it negatively impacts on us.
And, of course, Finland isn't the only country to be in this perpetual debt cycle that just increasingly gets worse and worse, until it all collapses and, the people suffer even more. We then go out and blame the government, then install another government in its place that promises to do better, without recognizing that it is the government itself, not who is in government that is the problem.
Name a government that has been truly good for the people it has governed.
It doesn't exist.
And this is part of the reason that all the governments end, because they are unable to actually help people thrive, so all they do is try to extract all they can until someone notices. And then the next figurehead of the extractors is elected, promising to clean up the swamp, and pandering to the lowest common denominators - hoping not to get noticed too soon. It is an endless cycle, for as long as we keep supporting it, and no government is ever going to be able to make our lives better. The best they can do is cater to some small group, and then shift their focus to the next, in a process of help and hurt.
The world of humans is far too complex for governments to handle, because they work on algorithmic rules that are always unable to meet the needs for everyone well. So, what they do is build algorithms that are going to help themselves, because at least they know what they want - power, and control over resources, so they can get more power and control over resources.
We are human resources.
The picture is from the gym tonight, and I found it interesting. It is the chain of a rowing machine, so that it goes around and around and gets nowhere. As you can see, the word "peer" is printed on two of the links, but it doesn't appear on the others in the picture, just those two as far as I could find.
Peer to peerPeer with Peer.
Around and around, and around again.
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I was just thinking the other day (mostly in regards to criminal activity) how it's kind of hilarious that when it's someone "you" don't know or don't like, they should absolutely be extremely harshly punished (and often what's there isn't nearly enough) because reasons, but if it's someone "you" know it wasn't actually that bad and the punishment is way too harsh and the police should be spending their time chasing "real" criminals and the person "you" know should just be let off because whatever they did wasn't that bad.
But "you" will absolutely refuse under any circumstances to see the irony in that because that would mean that "you" might be a hypcrit which is bad and you're absolutely not under any circumstances a bad person, "you're" smart and sensible and just tell it like it is and can't help it if other people can't accept cold hard facts (that "you" also refuse to accept but won't admit because this is completely different and doesn't count) XD
collective "you" not necessarily you personally
Eventually all governments become parasites on the people they govern.
Liberland is meeting with some success, but it's very small and very young. Anarcho capitalism if I'm not mistaken, uses crypto as currency.
Actually a couple of years ago when I went to Dubai, the government was just sharing its petrol profits with its citizens, and it was a decent amount of money.
Just look at their allowances. And cry. I wish our countries have something close to it.
https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/social-affairs/social-welfare/social-welfare-programmes
The closest it gets to "healthy" is probably in Norway where they have the Pension fund. They own about 2% of the entire global stockmarket.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ____ Edmund Burke.
It’s a vicious, never ending cycle.
Yes, and the power is consolidating even further.
Tik Tok was a bad idea right from the get go. Even back when it was called Musically or whatever. It was pretty obvious that there were some nefarious intentions with it. I've actually heard that the Chinese created it to see how stupid we could be. Hats off to them for that. They succeeded.
We may be entering a new anarchist era , 100 years had a great power in south Europe
Maybe because we are in craftsman software times
Reading the book or watching the YouTube documentary Changing the World Order by Ray Dalio. It descrives clearly what is about to happen in terms of Geopolitical power in the world
I am against ban, cencorship etc; however, TikTok in my country has come to the point which harms the moral conditions of the society.
It ɑppeɑɾs thɑt the US goveɾnment is consideɾing imposing some foɾm of bɑn on TikTok oɾ compelling them to sell, likelγ due to conceɾns ɑbout dɑtɑ collection bγ Chinɑ. The question ɑɾises: should goveɾnments dictɑte which sociɑl plɑtfoɾms citizens use?
Not long ɑgo, people weɾe ɑlɑɾmed when Chinɑ ɑnd Russiɑ ɾestɾicted ɑccess to Westeɾn mediɑ, ɾecognizing the dɑngeɾs of goveɾnment-contɾolled infoɾmɑtion. When goveɾnments decide whɑt citizens cɑn oɾ cɑnnot see, it cɑn leɑd to mɑnipulɑtion, contɾol, ɑnd suppoɾt foɾ oppɾessive ɾegimes.
Howeveɾ, this distinction pɾimɑɾilγ ɑpplies to 'bɑd' goveɾnments. Ideɑllγ, 'good' goveɾnments pɾioɾitize citizens' fɾeedoms, fosteɾ peɾsonɑl gɾowth, build infɾɑstɾuctuɾe, ɑnd enhɑnce educɑtion sγstems. Theγ ɑim to ɑlign coɾpoɾɑte poweɾ with citizens' best inteɾests, cɾeɑting ɑ sγmbiotic ɾelɑtionship wheɾe eveɾγone benefits—not ɑn exploitɑtive one fɑvouɾing ɑ minoɾitγ.
Yet, the ɾeɑlitγ is complex. Finlɑnd, once debt-fɾee, now fɑces ɑusteɾitγ meɑsuɾes, tɑx hikes, ɑnd seɾvice cuts. Goveɾnments stɾuggle to bɑlɑnce budgets due to finɑnciɑl stɾuctuɾes thɑt benefit coɾpoɾɑtions ɑt citizens' expense. The peɾpetuɑl debt cγcle ɑffects mɑnγ countɾies, leɑding to suffeɾing ɑnd blɑme-shifting.
In tɾuth, no goveɾnment hɑs been unequivocɑllγ 'good' foɾ ɑll its people. The intɾicɑte humɑn woɾld defies ɑlgoɾithmic ɾules, mɑking goveɾnɑnce ɑ peɾpetuɑl chɑllenge. Peɾhɑps the keγ lies in fosteɾing tɾɑnspɑɾencγ, ɑccountɑbilitγ, ɑnd genuine conceɾn foɾ citizens.
Rewriting my content? AI?
I don't need AI to write and argue, I consider myself amply capable of interpreting a piece of writing and outlining a response.
This is what always seemed interesting to me.
Government: Hey, let's change the rules because people are breaking the rules but we haven't thought to write that one down. We'll extend the algorithm.
Offender: Oh look the algorithm changed. Let's exploit it differently.
It's a perpetual coevolution of ideas with offenders looking for the minimum path of resistance to get gains.
Pretty wild, how people have been hoodwinked into believing this nonsense is good for people. I've unfortunately seen quite a few loud people champion this governmental overreach and it saddens me. Nothing good will come of this. I despise the app and platform mentioned but we can figure out much better ways of getting rid of it. Slowly chipping away the freedoms we grew up with, one by one. Combine this with AI and the capabilities associated with it for these said bureaucrats, and we've got quite a recipe for totalitarianism. Hard not to be pessimistic when stuff like this happens!
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Government tends to be bad because they tend to become power hungry over time. I don't think the Tiktok ban will really do much because its the government that decides and they aren't going to do anything about the US companies doing the same thing.
Seeing how misinformation and revising history can affect different countries, I wouldn't fault the government from trying to control Tiktok. Tiktok is mostly viewed by the youth, and they are easily brainwashed. Once they grow older, that is when their brainwashing becomes more dangerous.
I heard TilTok was never good from the start but it is crazy that America will place a ban on TikTok because they have over 150million people who make use of it
I think that’s because America and China are at loggerheads