The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

  • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    So borderline free Chinese labor hasn’t enriched US corporations? The waters for cheap oil and sugar – those ended really well for the country on the receiving end right? What about the British spice trade and India?

    Sure you can collect power within a nation and become a sort of “god within” that nation, but that’s nothing compared to nation vs nation conflict. Some of these people don’t even have clean running water.

    • Red Wizard 🪄@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      You can’t do the latter without doing the former. If you’re not manufacturing consent, squashing decenters, and keeping the population depressed enough at home, your going to have a lot of free thinkers with free time on their hands, and that’s not good for the power holders.