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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the domestic businesses are the ones who own Congress and are using it to get rid of a competitor.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After the thousands of years of human history I've read about, getting rid of competitors seems to have been the primary concern of most of the ruling classes all over the world. Way back to Ur.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Rulers don't play fair, because power corrupts.