I mean the owners of meta and Twitter also want the current version of America to collapse too. They’re as much of a threat in that respect as any foreign country is.

I’m 100000% of the mind that this is purely a profit thing. Tictok got too big and no Americans are getting enough of a cut of that so they want to take it. Same with BYD. It’s a threat to American electric car makers so they need to “do away” with it.

It’s not even a national security issue… If it was the government would actually dig into the app and see if there was anything malicious in there. It’s a profit thing. They’re all mad that American companies aren’t getting a cut.

What national security issue is there with China having data about our location and not the same issue with American companies that poorly secure that data if at all and willingly sell it to anyone, probably even other Chinese companies?

It’s always about greed.

So if it’s possible then it’s possible for the government to have that done by people that are capable.

That would tell me then that it’s more than likely not a national security concern, it’s a profit concern. Apparently Zuckerberg was a major actor pushing for this ban as it is, he supposedly kept harping on the security aspect. :/

So… My fellow Americans… Ummm… We should copy good things when we see them right? I mean we embraced the taco. So…

:P

Anyone know if it’s possible to take a program and “decompile” it? Like reverse engineering or something so it could be verified to be “clean?”

I imagine with all the resources the government has they could achieve such a thing if they were really concerned about national security and not really just worried about metas profits.

I mean what would Elon buying it have really changed about the actual code of the apps? It would just change who gets the profits, no?

It makes me so fucking sick that Republicans lost their minds over Twitter banning people and removing content that violated their TOS and were claiming it’s all censorship of conservatives and that social media shouldn’t be biased, but now that every single goddamn social media site is full mask off Nazi loving the Republicans are happy as a pig in shit. Suddenly bias isn’t a problem. Musk literally owning Twitter and working in the goddamn administration isn’t a problem.

They had a fucking investigation into Twitter for less…

Soooo goooood… My go-to now for a really good really “bad” meal are Memphis style ribs with roasted brussel sprouts with butter and garlic.

…why can’t you be on sale now ribs lol

Honestly since I’ve learned about how the Chinese people seem to be taking it and really like the interaction with “us” I’ve been more interested in checking out weibo. That seems more similar to this and is more about communicating instead of pictures and videos of specific topics.

Just can’t make an account for some reason lol keep getting errors in Chinese even though I’m using the international site lol

And the Tankie Triad is against and sometimes straight up hostile to new users who aren’t tankies

I think it depends on what you’re saying and how you say it. I’m by no means a tankie but definitely really left leaning, as I learn more i’d probably even say leftist (I just can’t get behind the idea of a dictatorship of the proletariat even if I understand the reasoning) but I comment literally everywhere and have never had an issue with hexbear, .ml, or anything.

I think it’s more of a “know your audience” thing. I don’t go into a hexbear conversation firing off about “China bad” or whatever, I just say what I wanted that was relevant to their post.

And for those of them that wish to reach “the liberal” they should consider the same. If the point is communication then they should try to limit the name calling and anger, even though they have the understanding that “we” enable a system and in a lot of cases support a system that they see as committing some of the worst atrocities in history. Communication should be the goal, not the self serving attack that just makes them feel better (or “us.”)

The older I get the more I think God might actually exist, he’s just a massive piece of shit that values torment.

Jeff’s inbox:

A philosophy class on how to live a better life.

I’m an expert on doing the wrong thing. I could just “Costanza rule” it and teach them to do the opposite of what I did.

I’ve always wondered isn’t it a paradox though? If everything you choose to do is wrong, so you choose to do the opposite, that is also your choice so it must be wrong lol

it’s either me or you but it can’t be both who will win

Others have covered potential answers, but this one part made me immediately think of an old trope in American cowboy media:

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I use my credit card for literally every single purchase I would normally make, paying bills and all, and I get between 1.5%-3% back. Obviously you never let interest accrue you just pay it off right away, but every few months I get essentially free money, usually $200+!

“with God all things are possible” Matthew 19:26

Someone doesn’t read their Bible!

Was talking to a friend about AI and job loss and eventually he says something about “those people in the past talking about reducing the population” unfortunately being possibly necessary… I think he was referring to some things written on the Georgia guidestones, but Jesus fucking Christ…

Essentially “How many people are allowed to live is entirely dependent on how much labor Mr.Money needs.”

🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

“FBI informant who planted misinformation about Joe and Hunter Biden gets 6 weeks prison and awaits his immediate pardon and medal of honor.”

Fixed the incorrect headline.

“I tell this guy, Alito, hey Alito, you know? You’re a great judge, people say the best judge, you know? But you don’t need to worry now. We won, you can stop pretending we don’t talk. I don’t think he gets it though. Great judge, just cares too much what the Lying Media™©® will say. It doesn’t matter what they say. I say it’s fake, I sue them, and they come kiss my feet.”

-Trump probably.