AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Regarding TikTok... They're so worried about some secret spyware in TikTok but they're okay with Bytedance just selling its stake in it. They haven't found any Chinese nefarious program yet they believe it's in there hidden anyway waiting to be exploited and they're okay with Bytedance just selling its stake.
I hope they don't divest and just let TikTok get banned. The only reason why they want Bytedance to divest is so some lobbying American company takes over and makes all the money. The reason why the US has a long history of wanting everything privatized especially in other countries is because US/ Western countries had the advantage because they had the money to buy everything out and take control. There would no domestic companies because they were all bought out by Westerners. Now they don't talk about it that much anymore because there's countries like China to compete against them.
I hope they don't divest and just let TikTok get banned. The only reason why they want Bytedance to divest is so some lobbying American company takes over and makes all the money. The reason why the US has a long history of wanting everything privatized especially in other countries is because US/ Western countries had the advantage because they had the money to buy everything out and take control. There would no domestic companies because they were all bought out by Westerners. Now they don't talk about it that much anymore because there's countries like China to compete against them.