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mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

But at the same time, it has helped radicalize and inform so many in the ranks of Gen Z, amongst other generations.

I know when I think of people I know who get most of their news from TikTok, I'm like "damn that person is super well informed and I'm always happy when I talk to them about politics and world events"

Out of all the platforms, every single other one of which including the one you're on right now and the elephant one and Usenet and ZMag and Hackernews and all the rest

I do not know which reality you inhabit where TikTok invented people knowing about Gaza, but I promise you that there are better platforms, where you're allowed to talk about drugs or alcohol or use the word "blood", or "Uyghur"

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orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It didn’t invent it. It just caught on at the right time and amplified that knowledge. It’s also a network. I don’t get TikTok but I’ve seen how popular it is in the new generations. This isn’t new knowledge; it’s just new packaging for a plugged-in-since-birth generation.

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- mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Random question, what's your opinion on the Uyghur re-education camps? Or the treatment of the Hong Kong protestors and how it compares with the treatment of US protestors of aid to Israel?
  
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  - orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I have a feeling these questions are trying to feel out whether or not I’m a fan of the authoritarian flavor of communism and that’s a nope lol. I’m not on Lemmygrad or Hexbear. I don’t like police regardless of the continent or any other factor. We are seeing power vacuums in 2 very different types of authoritarian structures and none of them pan out to anything good for the working class.
    
    I keep it simple: it’s always the working class vs the ruling class.
    
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    mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I didn't ask about how you felt about Israel's genocide. I'm assuming, based on what you already said, that you're against it. So am I.
    
    If you had to narrow down your feelings on the Uyghur internment camps to one of three responses, would it be:
    
    I'm against them
    
    I'm for them
    
    It's more complicated than that
    
    And, the same question for the police response in Hong Kong.
    
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