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U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by ta1243 »

throwawayqqq11 wrote: post #48
volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

Thank you for providing the media take over angle. I wish the people down voting you would explain why.

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by schnable »

throwawayqqq11 wrote: post #48
volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

Thank you for providing the media take over angle. I wish the people down voting you would explain why.

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by ferguess_k »

Just don't use it.

Regardless of who is in control, Tiktok is basically an app designed by some of the smartest minds in the world to get you addicted. I already observed the brainrot similar apps caused to my parents, and for hell I won't allow my kid to touch it whenever I have control.

Whether you "learned" anything from it is irrelevant too -- you can always learn better with books, classes, and heck even YouTube videos are better sources of knowledge these days.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by redwood »

volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

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Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by dessimus »

elzbardico wrote: post #2

Oracle owning TikTok is one of the most unintentionally funny things to ever happen.

Users better be running now before they get hit with those new licensing fees.

Oracle: "Your phone has 6-cores and our minimum plan is 64 cores. Additionally, we see you upgraded from an iPhone 16 to the 17. Licenses don't transfer, of course. You owe us 3 kidneys."

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by estearum »

palmotea wrote: post #130
estearum wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, quality of life has gone to the moon in China in living memory. Not nearly as much a positive delta here in the US.

> Eh, quality of life has gone to the moon in China in living memory. Not nearly as much a positive delta here in the US. The Chinese rural population still isn't eligible for local equivalent of social security in their old age (that's only for city folks), and IIRC there was a huge unwillingness to provide financial assistance to individuals during COVID.

Sure, and also quality of life has gone to the moon in China in living memory.

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by kilroy123 »

palmotea wrote: post #88
elzbardico wrote: post #2

Oracle owning TikTok is one of the most unintentionally funny things to ever happen.

> Oracle owning TikTok is one of the most unintentionally funny things to ever happen. I'm hopeful. With any luck they'll ruin TikTok and it will die, a satisfying result.

I immediately had the same thought. One can hope!

Re: U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

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Post by wnc3141 »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #145
volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

> hostile take-over of the American mind by a tech billionaire who just overtook Elon Musk to become the world's richest man Ellison read and responded to the political situation more skilfully than Elon. He used Stargate to cement himself as a power broker in AI. He used that influence to provide antitrust assurances that gave his son a leg up for Paramount. Meanwhile he used that proximity to media to get a foot in…

In authoritarian regimes the industrial capacity of an economy is appropriated by the state, where the fruits of the industry are enjoyed by party loyalists.

In this case using the state to choose which business is viable, no doubt being businesses that play ball with the party.

-its why sectarian conflicts and power delegation is so high stakes in many parts of the world.

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