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Absolutely GREAT article. I especially loved the survey of free speech vs control of speech going all the way back to the Greeks. Also a minor note about how TikTok (controlled by China) "is limited to 40 minutes a day in China and is focused on educational and patriotic content, while the West receives all the most addictive content without limits." What does that remind me of? Oh, yeah, the Opium Wars. What goes around comes around??

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I had the same thought. The reasons are a bit more nefarious though. The CCP isn't pushing TikTok to counter a massive trade deficit (which is horrible enough in and of itself), they're doing it to deliberately undermine their enemies. We really need to get a handle on that app before the problem becomes even worse.

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Ooooh nice comparison!

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