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[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 months ago

Trump: "I am once again asking the United States to operate like a holding company."

[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe even gazillions. Who knows. People are saying TikTok could be worth forty, maybe even fifty gazillion dollars.

[–] towerful 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Certainly worth brazillions, which is more than twitter

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Leave us Brazilians out of this!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

1.5 trump coins

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So... he wants to nationalize TikTok? I thought communism was bad?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sieze the... production of memes?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You had the opportunity to say "Seize the memes of production" and you didn't take it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's playing off how TikTok's short form content is largely suited to inconsequential entertainment. TikTok produces memes, Trump wants to seize it. So you're not seizing the memes of production like the classic joke indicates, you're seizing that which produces the memes.

The joke is now dead, but the autopsy indicates why I smiled even though it didn't land with most.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Right! That was my first thought. They obviously know the saying but messed up the pun. I’m sad, but I still upvoted them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It’s not nationalisation if it’s owned by a private citizen who also happens to be part of the cabinet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Oh, I thought he was suggesting the US government buy 50% of it. I suppose with Trump in charge private corporations are the United States now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The other 50% are going to Trump and his cronies. The US isn't going to see a dime.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

wait, so now both CCP and NSA get to mine TT?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how they'll align on which propaganda they are going to push. Areas of influences?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The owners and controllers of these companies don't care about countries, nations, ideologies or even beliefs ..... all they care about is money and it doesn't matter if you're Chinese, American, or identify as communist or capitalist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's not about ideology, it's about control and corruption. In Europe, both Trump and Xi agree to support fascist movements to weaken the EU. In Asia their interests are not as compatible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is BOTH an acronym for? /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sorry, used caps as emphasis... I have no idea if it is an acronym...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I know, I was just being silly.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is he saying owned by the US government or by a US oligarch? The former sounds like the opposite of small government. If they're so angry about the postal office being owned by the federal government, why would they be okay with TikTok

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Is he saying owned by the US government or by a US oligarch?

I don't think he sees an appreciable difference

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's like when theres a spinny wheel at the playground and someone uses their motorcycle to spin and one person gets ejected our of their skin basically but it's gonna be millions of people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I went to fact check his tweet. Found this instead. Who cares South Park was delayed, we can still have fun with these

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

There's a typo in his post. He said "say up" instead of "stay up".